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Investors.com -12/19/2012
Politics: Taxpayers are
forking out $4.8 million for 35 union officials at the Department of
Transportation. But the beneficiary here isn't the taxpayer, it's President
Obama, who is raking campaign cash from these unions.
According to documents
obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by Americans for Limited
Government, 35 officials, representing mostly air traffic controllers' unions,
are members of the $100,000 club among federal employees.
Unlike the average American,
or even average DOT employee, these union officials draw an average $138,000 in
salary and benefits from the federal government, not to give something of value
to the taxpayers, but to work exclusively for their unions — the National Air
Traffic Controllers Association (Natca), the AFL-CIO-affiliated Professional
Aviation Safety Specialists (Pass) and two others.
Eight make more than
$170,000. The lowest-paid gets $80,000. That means taxpayers are actually
paying for union efforts to shake down taxpayers for ever higher salaries and
benefits for government workers.
Average controller
compensation for the 20,000 or so federal air traffic controllers totaled
$166,000 in 2006 and has been forecast to rise towards $200,000 in the next
five years, according to a study by the Heritage Foundation.
By contrast, the average
American makes $50,000 and the average DOT employee makes $70,000.
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