The Federal Governments Spending~ OH MY!!!

Here are some examples of how government is using tax dollars and imposing regulations that can destroy small businesses!

Federal Examples:

· The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act- Signed into law by the President only 9 days after his inauguration, this act allows class action suits, and lawsuits from beyond the grave, by anyone who believes they were ever the subject of “pay discrimination” because of sex, religion, race, or national origin, going back to the day they were hired.
· Executive Order 13502- Issued by the president 16 days after his inauguration. It says “…it is the policy of the federal government to encourage executive agencies to consider requiring the use of “Project Labor Agreements” in connection with large scale construction projects”. Simply put, this order permits government agencies to REQUIRE unionization of contractors AND subcontractors in order to be awarded construction projects of $25 million or more. This is “stimulus” money being spent to require unionization.
· When wages and benefits are combined, federal civilian workers averaged $119,982 in 2008, twice the amount of $59,909 which workers in the private sector averaged for wages/benefits.
· The difference in compensation between federal and private sector workers is $100 billion annually, taken from the private sector and paid to federal workers.
· If the private sector were to provide its employees the same compensation and benefits that are provided to federal employees, the additional annual cost would be $7 trillion, or half of the Gross Domestic Product.
· The majority of public sector workers have pension plans that allow them to retire 10-25 years earlier with benefits many times the retirement payout that Social Security would provide.

(Information obtained @ http://www.thefreeenterprisenation.org/)