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Podcast: The American Enterprise Manifesto: My America's Vision of Peace and Nonviolence for Humanism
Episode: Drain the Swamp, Tame the Alligators (why we have to do it, who will do it and when)
Description: How deep is the swamp (Federal and State governments) and what are the Alligators? The American Chamber of Commerce debt clock in New York City is the only source of transparency for watching second by second the expanse and depth of the swamp by alligator www.usdebtclock.org. Â The biggest are:
22 million Federal, State and Local government employee’s nationwide (LA’s Homeless Dept of 20,000 employees making $120,000 per)
$1.2 trillion annual payroll for government employees (salaries range from $125,000 to $63,000 per employee)
$10.3 trillion employee benefits for government workers (includes accrued unfunded pension benefits for all curre...