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WHY ARE GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES MORE EQUAL THAN YOU?
By Kamal Jain
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Do you remember the novel "Animal Farm"
by George Orwell?
In the story, animals on a farm joined
together, overthrew their human owners,
and "liberated" all the animals.
The first thing the animals do was
proclaim that "all animals are equal."
They painted this credo on the barn in
big letters for all to see.
Over time, some animals started taking
charge -- overseeing things at the farm,
devising the rules and enforcing them.
Order was necessary after all! All this
seemed innocent and harmless enough
until the animals in charge got
comfortable with their power. They had
cushy jobs on the farm, as did their
family and friends.
Other animals worked and worked, being
punished if they questioned this
arrangement. The governing animals
produced nothing, but took more than an
equal share of feed and water, claiming
it was necessary for maintaining order
and productivity on the farm.
One night, without discussion or
consent, the governing animals changed
the credo on the barn to: "All animals
are equal, but some are more equal than
others."
You might say that's got nothing to do
with us here in America - "Animal Farm"
was about Marxist-Socialism and
Communism. And you'd be right.sort of.
Orwell did say that he wrote the novel
as a cautionary tale about the virulent
form of Socialism brewing in the Soviet
Union,
not against the Socialism he saw at home
in England (a kinder, gentler
Socialism).
But if you look around you today, you
might think the animals' situation seems
all too familiar, all too applicable to
our lives today. And you'd be right.sort
of. The key difference today is that
our credo, borne out of the Declaration
of Independence which states that ".all
men are created equal." has not been
updated to reflect reality.
Modern politicians and bureaucrats have
learned that it's best not to draw any
attention to the privileged lives THEY
enjoy - at OUR expense. But if you look
back over the past few decades you'll
notice something interesting: Some
people are more equal than others. By
law.
The dividing line is the same as in
Orwell's story.
Just the same as in "Animal Farm", we
find today that government sector
employees get higher wages, have better
benefits than workers in the private
sector.
Why are government employees more equal
than you?
Why do most government employees get
automatic, mandated by law
Cost-of-Living pay increases each year -
while you and 99% of private sector
workers do not?
Why are government employees exempt from
Social Security taxes - while you and
other private sector workers are taxed
to fund Social Security and Medicare
every year you work?
Why are government employees able to
retire at age 54 - while you and other
private sector workers must keep working
until age 65?
Why do average 30-year government
employees get retirement pension
paychecks of $25,000 to $45,000 a year*,
starting at age 54 - while you work 41
years, and are forced to squeak by on
Social Security payments of $1600 a
month, starting at age 65?
Why are government employees more equal
than private sector employees?
Why are government retirees more equal
than private sector retirees?
Why are the tax receivers more equal
than the tax payers?
Why are government employees more equal
than you?
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* For example:
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http://www.bostonherald.com/projects/boston_pensions
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http://www.pensiontsunami.com/index.php
·
http://www.mass.gov/treasury/retcalbene.htm
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