Listen as Larry spoke with Adam Andrzejewski, Founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com, regarding their latest report, Mapping the Swamp, A Study of the Administrative State.
Report: Federal Worker Minimum Wage is $100,000, 8.5 Weeks Off
The federal government has become one of the most generous employers ever, offering outsized paychecks — one higher than President Trump’s — six figure bonuses and over two months off after just three years on the job, according to a new report that takes a deep dive into the 2 million person workforce.
The government watchdog group Open the Books revealed in its report Mapping the Swamp, A Study of the Administrative State, that taxpayers are forking over $1 million a minute in pay and benefits to the federal workforce, for a total of over $136 billion a year.
And those “inside the Beltway,” home of the nation’s capital, collect the most, $20.6 billion.
In the past 10 years, Open the Books found an explosion in big paychecks. Those making $200,000 a year have jumped 165 percent and 406,960 earn $100,000 or more. [Read More]
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