I work in the public sector and part of my work sometimes involves budgeting for personnel. When an agency is accounting for the cost of their employees, they include all direct and indirect expenses. So, obviously salary, health coverage, various types of leave, pension - these are all direct costs. We also calculate agency indirects in some proportion - the marginal cost of having more payroll staff, HR staff, IT support, facilities, etc., to cover the additional employee.

I wouldn’t be surprised for the total cost to an agency being about 40-60% higher than salary cost. The rate reported here is high and could be very well padded, but it’s not entirely out there to me.

This aligns well with Clarence Thomas seeking to get rid of his wife by setting the stage for interracial marriage to become illegal.

How does this make them look even mildly competent? They disclosed war plans to an unknown third party by using unsanctioned communication tools. They got lucky it was a reporter who thought he was being baited rather than a more malicious and intentioned actor.

Thank you! Any time this kind of polling shows up on Lemmy, users seem to think this is the Plan of the Democratic Leadership Cabal, rather than an incredibly premature name recognition test.

People want to vote for people they have favorable impressions of who they also think others will vote for. Without other frontrunners, who emerge over time, it’s not surprising that polled Democrats would recognize and still support the candidate that 75 million people voted for five months ago.

If you want other candidates (I do), identify them and figure out how to help them build their profile now.