Letter: The government shouldn't cut programs, they should cut administrative salaries instead

Published: Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

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Cutting programs saves us the money the government foolishly gives away, but a large part of the expense saved is in administrative salaries.

Cutting programs saves us the money the government foolishly gives away, but a large part of the expense saved is in administrative salaries. Much as we hate the idea of people working for the government and wasting our taxes, those salaries represent people whose wages support the economy just as do the wages of those employed in the "legitimate" private sector. They buy food, clothing and other necessities or luxuries, and pay rent or mortgages, utilities, tuition and even taxes.

Is the private sector ready to absorb all these people, or will these contributing workers be forced into becoming takers?

And the resulting unemployment? You ain't seen nothing yet.

Thelma Iker

Salt Lake City

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CHS 85

Sandy, UT

@Rifleman

You don't know what agency I work for or what kind of work I do, but the private sector does not currently have the ability to do what we do.

BTW, I believe I am fairly compensated. I have no complaints. I am More..

9:09 a.m. Oct. 31, 2012
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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Salaries consume 7% of the federal budget. Make them all work for free and it won't solve our deficit problem.

12:14 a.m. Oct. 31, 2012
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

There are a lot of good people working in the public sector providing services that the private sector isn't prepared to handle or shouldn't even be expected to handle. These people work honestly to provide for their families and often earn More..

1:07 a.m. Oct. 31, 2012
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