'Your tax dollars NOT at work': $775 million for feds on admin leave

Does anyone work anymore? 57,000 workers on paid leave for at least a month http://t.co/I5mwGFYZRi via @washingtonpost

— Lee (@LeeCDinDC) October 21, 2014

What a sweet deal.Thousands of federal workers on extended paid leavehttp://t.co/TrEWxassbh17.8 Trillion Debt for a reason #tcot

— Jon Vince (@JonVince1) October 21, 2014

No money for #ebola ! Thousands of federal workers on extended paid leave http://t.co/uVZC5Bl6pN @CDCgov @NancyPelosi @SenatorReid @ABC

— bigal64 (@bigal64) October 21, 2014

WTF!!!!!!! Thousands of #federalworkers on extended paid leave some for a year or more http://t.co/sPNSFujAX5

— Jen – FU #ISIS (@jensan1332) October 21, 2014

The government spent three-quarters of A BILLION DOLLARS paying 57k workers suspended for misbehavior. http://t.co/ARb7Kby9LZ via @Reinlwapo

— Adam B. Kushner (@AdamBKushner) October 20, 2014

@washingtonpost That's to persuade them not to become whistle blowers.

— richard wilmot phd (@PhdWilmot) October 20, 2014

Over three years, 57,000 federal workers enjoyed paid admin. leave of > 1 month. Total cost? $775 million. http://t.co/m07pO4Wav4

— Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks) October 20, 2014

@arthurbrooks oof. hadn’t even read the price tag yet

— Jon Ward (@jonward11) October 20, 2014

@jonward11 "…they not only collected paychecks but accrued pension earnings, vacation and sick days, and moved up the federal pay scale."

— Arthur Brooks (@arthurbrooks) October 20, 2014

@arthurbrooks ugh

— Jon Ward (@jonward11) October 20, 2014

The Post is kicking the crap out of D.C. bureaucracy lately. 57k feds on leave earned $775m over 3-year period. http://t.co/AVqdi8pFV2

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) October 20, 2014

Your tax dollars…NOT at work: Thousands of federal workers on extended paid leave http://t.co/luQIhP9aAp

— Ken Calvert (@KenCalvert) October 20, 2014

@jasoninthehouse Completely unacceptable. Only happens when there's no accountability.

— K Honesty (@ubeaccountable2) October 21, 2014