'Your tax dollars NOT at work': $775 million for feds on admin leave Posted at 12:23 am on October 21, 2014 by Jim J. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Weeks getting paid not to work? Sounds like a real punishment.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, 2014No money for #ebola ! Thousands of federal workers on extended paid leave http://t.co/uVZC5Bl6pN @CDCgov @NancyPelosi @SenatorReid @ABC— bigal64 (@bigal64) October 21, 2014WTF!!!!!!! Thousands of #federalworkers on extended paid leave some for a year or more http://t.co/sPNSFujAX5— Jen – FU #ISIS (@jensan1332) October 21, 2014The 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, 2014Over 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, 2014The 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, 2014Your 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, 2014No accountability and virtual 100% job security. Trending Jake Tapper shares a quote slamming 'outlets that propagate lies to their audience,' gets introduced to CNN 'Need modern day Nuremberg trials': 'Patriot' glad hotel chain won't host a fundraiser for Sen. Josh Hawley Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Tags: administrative leaveFederal Employeesmisbehaviorpunishment recent stories General ‘Need modern day Nuremberg trials’: ‘Patriot’ glad hotel chain won’t host a fundraiser for Sen. Josh Hawley General Joe Biden on Inauguration Day to sign ‘roughly a dozen’ executive actions addressing climate and racial equity crises General ‘What were you running from?’: Harvard associate professor assures us he wore a mask while running earlier in the day Show Comments Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.