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Operation Drain
the Swamp
President Trump has
said over and over that he wants to “drain the swamp.” But is it a swamp or
an ocean? It’s about time the American people had some hard facts regarding
the federal bureaucracy. In Adam Andrzejewski’s Operation Drain the Swamp, he exposes who receives how much, where they work, and what
they do. Most importantly, he reveals how much these bureaucrats cost the
American taxpayer.
In Operation
Drain the Swamp, you’ll learn that:
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In the swamp, six figure salaries are the norm; there are 78
agencies where the average salary is $100,000 or more;
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Federal bureaucrats are paid $1.1 million every minute, $65.6
million every hour, and over half a billion dollars per day;
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In 2016, there were more than 330,000 disclosed federal
bonuses paid;
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There are more than 35,000 lawyers in the administrative
state. The army of lawyers in the employ of the federal government
assures that no aspect of American life is untouched by the swamp’s
appendages;
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The VA is offering anything but care for our great
vets. While veterans were suffering at the hands of a broken
bureaucratic machine, the VA doled out tens of thousands of undeserved
performance bonuses: $150 million per year;
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From 2015 to 2016 the VA made 20,711 new hires, but just 2,091
were doctors, continuing the historical 10:1 doctor to non-doctor employee
hiring ratio;
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In 2016, the VA employed 3,498 police officers at a total cost
of $172 million - all names and locations of these officers, however, were
redacted;
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The average physician at the VA makes around $205,000 a year,
meaning the VA could employ 840 doctors instead of 3,498 police officers;
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...and so much more!
In America today,
“the swamp” is a real thing: a permanent government within our government
that will outlast this administration and the next one and the one after
that. It has a massive architecture that can be measured. It is
composed of tens of thousands of individuals and lobbyists - many of whom
operate well outside the confines of Washington, D.C.
During the 2016
presidential election, the supporters of Donald Trump on the right - and
even those supporting Bernie Sanders on the left - felt that the “system
was rigged” for insiders. Now, Adam highlights the facts and stories to
prove it. In Operation Drain the Swamp, he offers a step-by-step
guide to civil service reforms.
About the Author: Adam Andrzejewski is the CEO/founder of OpenTheBooks.com, the largest
private repository of U.S. public-sector spending. Adam’s works have been
featured on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, the Wall
Street Journal, USA Today, FOX News, Forbes, CNN, Chicago
Tribune, Real Clear Politics, and more.
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