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July 16, 2009
Social Security Bureauweenies Party Hardy on Your Dime at Posh Resort
As Big Government prepares to replace the world's finest healthcare system with another massive, dysfunctional, unsustainable entitlement, Social Security teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. Whatever happened to the $billions upon $billions that have been stolen from workers and shoveled into this sinkhole since the dark days of FDR? Here's a clue:
PHOENIX — A Social Security Administration motivational management conference held at a high-end Valley resort last week cost $700,000, the SSA told the ABC15 Investigators.
Costs for the conference at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa included airfare, hotel entertainment, dancers, motivational speakers, and food, an administration official said.
The bureauweenies did more than eat, drink, dance, and gamble on your retirement dime:
The SSA provided ABC15 with a list of courses provided at the conference, which included "Techniques to Empower You," "Mentoring the Generations," and "Emotional Intelligence."
Since this is the government, there was also at least one forum devoted to "diversity." Unsurprisingly…
…the information provided by the SSA did not mention an after-hours casino trip, family members staying at the hotel, or the 20-minute dance party ABC15 observed.
Social Security Regional Commissioner Peter Spencer told ABC News that staff members needed to learn how to reduce stress because of a growing number of death threats made against them.
Let me guess: all the bureauweenies of color found nooses hanging on their doorknobs.
Think how stressed these parasites will feel when they see us coming with long overdue torches and pitchforks — almost as stressed as people whose retirement funds are in the hands of the government.
On a tip from J.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 16, 2009 8:41 AM
Comments
Let me get this streight the SSI party animals throw a lavish party and leave JOHN Q. PUBLIC to pay their expensis MY FEATHERS ARE RUFFLED SQUAWK SQUAWK SQUAWK
Posted by: SPURWING PLOVER at July 16, 2009 11:51 AM
By now many, if not all, of you have heard of the lavish, $700,000 party that was held for managers in the Social Security Administration. What follows below is taken from the SSA’s website. I suggest that you contact the SSA and report the party as a violation of public trust. Get your friends and relatives to contact the SSA. I would love to see this post go viral on the web and on the internet. If any of you can help make that happen, please do so. Copy what you wish. Change what you wish. Just get it out there. -- Bob
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Posted by: Bob Davis at July 16, 2009 7:37 PM
Big surprise. The government and MSM spend the last 7 months carrying on about corporate retreats, airfares, bonuses, etc... then proceed to indulge themselves in the same things they would deny the private sector. At the same time, they have the gall to *defend* their behavior, claiming they are "stressed out". Awww, poor babies!
Corporations ultimately produce profits, which justifies and pays for their retreats and conferences. If they don't they go out of business. The government generates NO WEALTH, they only CONFISCATE. With our economy in the shape it's in, these ass clowns have no business taking our wealth at gun point to throw parties for themselves.
Utterly disgusting.
Posted by: Snowdog99 at July 17, 2009 6:11 AM
The IRS will hold a week long conference (3 days work, 2 days travel) in St. Louis this year.
2000 workers will attend this conference, at a cost of approximately $2000 per person. This means $4,000,000 will be wasted.
Wasted because...
1. The IRS has just updated their systems to include an extensive, nationwide, video conferencing capability.
2. There is a cost-effective program known as "Train the trainer" where a small group of individuals are gathered from each district, trained, and returned to instruct their fellow employees.
This is inside FYI. You won't find any sites mentioning this waste.
Posted by: RICH at July 18, 2009 5:54 AM
Its GOOD to be King.
Posted by: czuch at July 18, 2009 9:32 AM
