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Mapping the Swamp' report finds 30,000 feds earn more than any governor
Brooke Singman is a Politics Reporter for Fox News.

Tens of thousands of federal employees earn more money than any U.S. governor, according to a new report that reveals some eye-popping stats on government spending for the federal workforce.

The 40-page report, titled “Mapping the Swamp” and released by government watchdog group OpenTheBooks, focused on the “size, scope and power” of the federal government -- and found salary spending for high-paid employees on the rise.

“The number of highly compensated federal employees is growing,” the report said, describing six-figure salaries as increasingly common.

Read more at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/02/mapping-swamp-report-finds-30000-feds-earn-more-than-any-governor.html

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Re: Mapping the Swamp' report finds 30,000 feds earn more than any governor
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2018, 11:24:10 pm »
Our federal government is grossly out of control and needs to be severely pruned.
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