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Federal News Radio
For feds,
reincarnation may be the answer
By Mike Causey
July 30, 2015
If you’d like more time off to catch up on chores, get more sleep or
spend quality time with the family and if you believe in reincarnation
here’s a plan:
In your next life, run for public office. Specifically, as a
representative in the U.S. House or for senator from your state.
Or any one that has an opening that will have you. Carpetbagging
is no longer considered boorish behavior.
Studies from all over the world show that as far as time put in, hours
worked, that Americans work more than citizens of just about any
other nation. Unless it’s one of those places where nobody does much of
anything.
About one in four American workers don’t get any vacation time, period.
Nearly all of those who do get paid vacations get less than two weeks.
And even then they don’t take all their time, and in many cases,
they lose unused vacation or sick leave time at the end of each
year. Solution: Either accept it, change your ways or run for
Congress.
Working for a place that makes the rules has many rewards. One of
them is the unofficial TWT Club, which, more often than not, is how
Congress operates. TWT stands for Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, which, for many elected officials, is the normal work
week. Mondays and Fridays are often used for commuting purposes
so that members can return home to tell constitutes how hard they work
when they are here, and what a mess Washington was before they got here
and cleaned it up. Up to a point …
Since Congress makes the rules — hence the term “lawmakers” — it can
and does label things to suit its tastes. Members of the House
don’t take vacations or time off. When they are off, which is
often, that is called District Work Period time. The Senate,
which strives to be classier, calls its time outs State Work Periods to
represent the broader statewide (as opposed to congressional district)
constituency they serve, when they are not on break...
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