How Much Does It Cost Taxpayers To Hire a New Federal Employee?

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	How Much Does It Cost Taxpayers To Hire a New Federal Employee?

billpar

6-12-2009 5:04 PM

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billpar says:

Click through for how they calculated it.

It's amazing that people still think that Obama's "created jobs" will help stimulate the economy.

Why doesn't the pay Czar focus on Federal employees who cost taxpayers money and let private businesses decide how they spend their own money.

I know, I know, Bailouts. Maybe Bailouts were a BAD idea to begin with!

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