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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> Now, having worked for the Feds and at the county and city level, and 
> having
> collected a pay check from those same taxpayer dollars, I can tell you 
> that
> a great big % of my fellow employees were professional gold bricks!  I
> personally think that the whole paid holidays and sick leave thing are
> ridiculous with the sick leave being massively abused!

The benefits for government employees are also amazing. My father was a 
federal employee, and now, 10 years after he died, my mother is still 
pulling in a huge pension from his work. She gets over $2000/month (AFTER 
paying health insurance) from the survivor portion of my father's 
pension...they got a lot more when he was alive. And in addition she gets 
full Blue Cross/Blule Shield that covers everything (she hasn't paid a cent 
for multiple ER visits, surgeries, etc.)  for about $200/month through the 
government. I wouldn't make that much money or get ANY health insurance if I 
found a full time job in this area.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA