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02-13-2012, 02:49 PM
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Taxpayers Bail Out Senate Barber Shop
$ 300K in the red last year.
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“They are using union labor, and so their benefits and wages are higher than those of many jobs,” Fitzgerald said.
To support his argument, Fitzgerald contrasts the salaries and benefits of the Senate’s stylists to what is offered by Capitol Barber, three blocks away.
Capitol’s four barbers and stylists made $22,000 to $30,000 last year with no benefits, manager Lynn Dang said. At the Senate barbershop, formally called Senate Hair Care Services, the top four barbers and stylists made more than twice that — $54,761; $70,349; $73,658; and $81,641 — plus they have a generous 401(k) plan, health care and paid vacation. In all, the government contributed $230,000 in benefits for the barbershop, said Eve Goldsher, a spokeswoman for the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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02-13-2012, 11:37 PM
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A microcosm of government generally. Twice or three times as expensive as the private sector.
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03-19-2012, 02:55 PM
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US Government Can't Even Run A Barbershop
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03-19-2012, 03:06 PM
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Didn't we already know that?
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03-19-2012, 03:22 PM
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Uh . . . cool?
How did I not see that, he wondered to himself.
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03-19-2012, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Kassy
Didn't we already know that?
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Originally Posted by dharma
Uh . . . cool?
How did I not see that, he wondered to himself.
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There was an existing thread and I merged the two.
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03-20-2012, 09:56 AM
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shave and a haircut, 2 billion bits
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03-20-2012, 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by leistb
There was an existing thread and I merged the two.
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I know , just teasing you. 
Only just noticed the bit about the privatised House barbershop in the article dharma linked too. Is it typical that the House version is privitised but the Senate version is not or is that dumb luck?
This would have made a fun documentary...send a team to each business, film their dailyworking lives and use crosscuts to put it together...
"Haircuts for Congress"
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