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  Public Assistance - True accountability

  From an unknown person in Texas... Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job. Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, ...more »

  From an unknown person in Texas...

  Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job.

  Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal ligations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and document all tattoos and piercings. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, smoke or get tats and piercings, then get a job.

  Put me in charge of government housing. Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your "home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried.. If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place.

  In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job. It may be cleaning the roadways of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you. We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the “common good.”

  Before you write that I've violated someone's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary. If you want our money, accept our rules. Before you say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem.

  If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices. The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices.

  AND while you are on Government subsistence, you no longer can VOTE! Yes, that is correct. For you to vote would be a conflict of interest. You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Government welfare check. If you want to vote, then get a job.

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  No more "Buddy System"

  Promotion of all executive positions within in government should be completed by a random selection of registered voters who would make up a hiring board. The term of service would be two weeks and those serving would receive full salary they would have made in their current employment plus a 50% bonus. In turn, this hiring board of 5-8 people would review qualifications and make selections from sanitized applications ...more »

  Promotion of all executive positions within in government should be completed by a random selection of registered voters who would make up a hiring board. The term of service would be two weeks and those serving would receive full salary they would have made in their current employment plus a 50% bonus.

  In turn, this hiring board of 5-8 people would review qualifications and make selections from sanitized applications to ensure the current good ‘ole boy system is not repeated. Imagine giving promotions based on qualifications instead of the current system of promotion by association.

  The larges drain to the government’s resources remains staffing. Couple this with the fact the very few executive employee within our government even have the fundamental skills necessary to do the jobs they currently occupy, and you end up with our current situation.

  Changing it from within the current system is impossible because no one is willing to make the first move especially when it involves getting rid of a fellow executive, who just happen to be an idiot. Firing executives for incompetence would create an environment of mistrust that would cause the entire system of incompetence to collapse.

  So as long as no executives are held accountable, no one has to worry about losing their jobs so all everyone’s secret is safe. As soon as you fire one… everybody else will start pointing fingers and talking. That just the way it works…..

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  Cut From the Top

  A fundamental standard of financial management is to make those cuts that (1) provide the most financial gain and (2) have the least impact on quality of work being performed. While the Bureau of Prisons will defend these positions as being essential, this argument holds little water in light of the fact for every twenty-four hours of operation, sixteen are completed without any of these executive present. Combine ...more »

  A fundamental standard of financial management is to make those cuts that (1) provide the most financial gain and (2) have the least impact on quality of work being performed.

  While the Bureau of Prisons will defend these positions as being essential, this argument holds little water in light of the fact for every twenty-four hours of operation, sixteen are completed without any of these executive present. Combine this with weekends and holidays it becomes real clear that the highest ranking official needed to run any institution is Lieutenant.

  In such tough economic times, let look at this issue from a financial perspective. There are approximately 118 Federal prisons within the Bureau which includes fourteen complexes. If the agency cut one Warden and three Associate Wardens from each of these complexes, calculated as Step 1, this would be an immediate salary savings of $5,653,270.00. Add in an estimated 30% for benefits and you get $7,349,251.00.

  Keeping things on track, we have an estimated 104 stand-alone facilities with two Associate Wardens at each. The Agency saves and additional $13,072,488.00 by eliminating one Associate Warden position at each of these facilities. Without including positions like Super Captain and Camp Administrator, the Agency saves well over $20,421,739.00.

  GL-5 Officers are entering the agency at $38,619.00 with an estimated benefit package of 30% for a total of $50,204.70. This savings would result in an additional 406 Correctional Officers on the Bureau payroll.

  In support of Director Lappin, we all have to do more with less and this should include Department Heads. Currently, there is an average of seven Assistant Department heads in each stand alone facility. Complexes employ approximately three times this amount or twenty-one positions.

  By cutting all Assistant Department Head positions, at 104 stand alone facilities and requiring Department Heads to pick up the slack, we can save the Agency an estimated $9,302,841.00.

  Cutting 140 Assistant Department Head at the fourteen Complexes, or an average of ten positions per Complex, the estimated saving would be $12,523,000.00. This would equate to a total saving of $21,825,841.00. Combine this with the previous total and the agency could save a conservative total of $42,247,580.00 or gain 840 entry level Correctional Officers.

  The savings continues as we look at Central and Regional offices. The Central Office is divided into twelve divisions. If the agency cut two GS-13 and one GS-14 from each department within Central Office, a savings of $3,372,396.00 would be realized. These numbers are calculated at a step 1 with 30% for benefits and 24% for locality pay.

  We currently have six Regions with fourteen departments in each region. By cutting two GS-13 and one GS-14 from each department within each Region, the Agency saves an additional 28,428,540.00. Central and Regional Office could save a combined total of $31,800,936.00.

  As outlined herein, the combination of savings would be $74,048,516.00. This equates to 1446 entry level Correctional Officers.

  Chris Jaquez

  Vocational AutoCAD Instructor

  Federal Bureau of Prisons

  FCI Florence, Colorado 81212

  Work (719)784-9100 Ext 4321

  Cell (719)429-0580

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