Source: The Price of Liberty
by Nathan Barton
“Today, 9 January 2025, is the National Day of Mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. So of course, ‘citing tradition,’ all ‘non-essential’ Federal employees are given the day off. There are (per Google search) over 3 million of them: roughly 1 for every 108 Americans (not sure if that includes border jumpers and green-card/visa tourists). The average FedGov employee salary is a staggering $106,000+ which works out to about $423 per 8-hour day. Sweet, eh? And that means that for $1,270,000,000 taken out of taxpayers’ wallets (or stolen from the future as the Federal debt continues to balloon), the taxpayer gets … nothing. No work done. None. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Assuming that the 3 million + federal workers actually do productive work.” [editor’s note: The money was already stolen. I would rather they were paid to stay home than paid to steal MORE of it – TLK] (01/09/25)
https://thepriceofliberty.org/2025/01/09/your-1-27-billion-dollar-memorial-for-jimmy-carter/