A Federal Gravy Train May End

A big thank you to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).

Some Key Points of the article in case you are too lazy to read it:

Already, public sector workers make, on average, about a third more than their private-sector counterparts, studies show. (This is outrageous when you add in the Federal health and pension plan)

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has filed a request with the Government Accountability Office [GAO], the Congressional watch dog agency, to audit once more the nearly century old federal workers’ disability program, where federal workers get lucrative disability payments. The government lists beneficiaries in their 100s receiving these taxpayer-funded payments.
Senator Collins says in a statement that the Labor Department unit which oversees the program paid out about $2.8 billion in disability payments over a recent 12-month span, without ensuring whether federal workers employees are exploiting the program.


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