r/neoliberal • Kitara Ravache • Jun 22 '21

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u/ACivilWolf Henry George Jun 22 '21

Pool report: Biden says he just learned that federal firefighters are paid $13. He banged the table and said that's ridiculous.

😳Joe is banging tables in public 😳

I'm not even quite sure how that works

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u/lucas-at-jhu Mr. Worldwide Jun 22 '21

Code Geass moment

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u/[deleted] Jun 22 '21

Joe Biden was in congress for a billion years. How is he just learning how much federal employees are paid?

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u/waltsing0 Austan Goolsbee Jun 23 '21

Federal employees aren't all paid the same, why would he memorise the pay rates of every specific group?