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I was watching 60 minutes tonight.I noticed that they work just as many hours as doctors do. Doctors seriously need to stop bitching so much about their work hours. All high level jobs require you to basically devote your life to it. The abusiveness in training and the debt incurred deserves bitching, but not the long work hours as an attending.

Sorry for my rant.
 
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Vadd0 said:
Apology accepted.

But to be fair, you never described what the 'Feds' are doing for 80 hours/wk.
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No idea. They have an important job though, keeping our economy going everyday and preventing another Great Depression. They only saved our asses from a Great Depression.
 
Yeah, they seem to be doing a great job. I like your blind faith in the powers that be. It shows me that you really know what you are talking about.
 
you always bring unique prespectives to the table.
 
kavorca said:
Yeah, they seem to be doing a great job. I like your blind faith in the powers that be. It shows me that you really know what you are talking about.
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You have no idea how stupid of a statement you just made.

Edit: I hear appoint you to the head of the Feds department. See how long you can keep us away from a Great Depression.
 
DOquestions said:
No idea. They have an important job though, keeping our economy going everyday and preventing another Great Depression. They only saved our asses from a Great Depression.
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Clearly they need to do a better job.
 
DOquestions said:
You have no idea how stupid of a statement you just made.

Edit: I hear appoint you to the head of the Feds department. See how long you can keep us away from a Great Depression.
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I don't know what is more disturbing, your lack of understanding in what our government does or the current state of our economy.
 
kavorca said:
I don't know what is more disturbing, your lack of understanding in what our government does or the current state of our economy.
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Your lack of understanding with the role that the Feds have is the most disturbing thing I've read in the longest time.

I can deal with pure ignorance about a subject, but pure stupidity is a different story.
 
DOquestions said:
Your lack of understanding with the role that the Feds have is the most disturbing thing I've read in the longest time.

I can deal with pure ignorance about a subject, but pure stupidity is a different story.
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personal attack is bad, brah.
 
Vadd0 said:
Last I knew, Timothy Geithner was understaffed, but he is not the Fed but the secretary of the treasury. As in the treasury staff are working more hours because there are fewer people there.
The Federal reserve board is ran by Bernanke, but I cannot see him or any of the other federal reserve members working 80 hours/wk. If I had to guess, I'd say they're better compensated than physicians even if they worked 168 hours per week.
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Ben has a couch in his office and has spent many nights sleeping on it...even some weekends.
 
DOquestions said:
Your lack of understanding with the role that the Feds have is the most disturbing thing I've read in the longest time.

I can deal with pure ignorance about a subject, but pure stupidity is a different story.
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DOquestions said:
No idea. They have an important job though, keeping our economy going everyday and preventing another Great Depression. They only saved our asses from a Great Depression.
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Um, 'Feds' is a pretty frickin' big category. My mail carrier is a "Fed", and while I appreciate the work he does and respect his profession, I'm pretty sure he doesn't work 80 hrs/week and isn't doing much to prevent a "Great Depression". Even if you just mean high-ranking government officials, there's such a huge variety of agencies that there likely isn't going to be significant overlap between responsibilities of "X Fed" vs. "Y Fed". If we're just talking about some amorphous generalization of a "Fed", then the conversation is pretty shallow and pointless.
 
DOquestions said:
I was watching 60 minutes tonight.I noticed that they work just as many hours as doctors do. Doctors seriously need to stop bitching so much about their work hours. All high level jobs require you to basically devote your life to it. The abusiveness in training and the debt incurred deserves bitching, but not the long work hours as an attending.

Sorry for my rant.
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"West Virginia's road to nowhere gets stimulus boost"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/12/corridor.h/index.html


AIG's insistence on bonuses raises ire in Washington

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/AIG.bonuses/

Our 4th times bailing out AIG you think they wouldve put something about no bonuses while your using taxpayer money. By the way the government now owns 80% of AIG.

any jackass can dick around in an office for 80 hours a week, getting useful things done is a different matter.
 
PepperMD said:
Um, 'Feds' is a pretty frickin' big category. My mail carrier is a "Fed", and while I appreciate the work he does and respect his profession, I'm pretty sure he doesn't work 80 hrs/week and isn't doing much to prevent a "Great Depression". Even if you just mean high-ranking government officials, there's such a huge variety of agencies that there likely isn't going to be significant overlap between responsibilities of "X Fed" vs. "Y Fed". If we're just talking about some amorphous generalization of a "Fed", then the conversation is pretty shallow and pointless.
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I would like to nominate your mailman for the Medal of Freedom. Men and women like him keep our country safe and our economy afloat against all enemies, foreign and domestic. /salute
 
niranjan162 said:
"West Virginia's road to nowhere gets stimulus boost"

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/12/corridor.h/index.html


AIG's insistence on bonuses raises ire in Washington

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/AIG.bonuses/

Our 4th times bailing out AIG you think they wouldve put something about no bonuses while your using taxpayer money. By the way the government now owns 80% of AIG.

any jackass can dick around in an office for 80 hours a week, getting useful things done is a different matter.
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The AIG issue has Ben really pissed off. He wants to get things changed so this never can happen again. He is actually going to try and make these companies degrade slowly...selling assets and such to pay back the government.

Maybe you all should actually watch a video clip of the 60 Minutes interview instead of bashing the crap out of the Federal Reserve.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/
 
PepperMD said:
Um, 'Feds' is a pretty frickin' big category. My mail carrier is a "Fed", and while I appreciate the work he does and respect his profession, I'm pretty sure he doesn't work 80 hrs/week and isn't doing much to prevent a "Great Depression". Even if you just mean high-ranking government officials, there's such a huge variety of agencies that there likely isn't going to be significant overlap between responsibilities of "X Fed" vs. "Y Fed". If we're just talking about some amorphous generalization of a "Fed", then the conversation is pretty shallow and pointless.
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http://www.federalreserve.gov/
 
Vadd0 said:
Feds typically refers to the Federal Reserve.
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I have only heard it referred to as "The Fed" while feds can mean any government employee, usually in the law enforcement branch. I am very much a layman of course, so that is all I can speak to.
 
Vadd0 said:
Apology accepted.

But to be fair, you never described what the 'Feds' are doing for 80 hours/wk.
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I wished I did know what they do, but I don't. I'm sure there is a lot of math involved and some very difficult choices made everyday.

Anyone know the type of work a Fed worker does?
 
DOquestions said:
I wished I did know what they do, but I don't. I'm sure there is a lot of math involved and some very difficult choices made everyday.

Anyone know the type of work a Fed worker does?
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I am having trouble reconciling this statement to this one you made previously. "Your lack of understanding with the role that the Feds have is the most disturbing thing I've read in the longest time. I can deal with pure ignorance about a subject, but pure stupidity is a different story. "
 
kavorca said:
I am having trouble reconciling this statement to this one you made previously. "Your lack of understanding with the role that the Feds have is the most disturbing thing I've read in the longest time. I can deal with pure ignorance about a subject, but pure stupidity is a different story. "
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Previous post = I understand the purpose of their work and their goals.

Next post = not sure what the day to day type of work is involved....meaning the type of data they work with and how it is done.
 
I watched the interview, and to be fair, he said that the people at the Fed "sometimes" work up to 80 hours a week. It sounded to me like this wasn't a regular occurance.

Now, if it were up to me, the Fed would be working a total of 0 hours a week... we need to get rid of the damn thing
 
kavorca said:
I have only heard it referred to as "The Fed" while feds can mean any government employee, usually in the law enforcement branch. I am very much a layman of course, so that is all I can speak to.
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Thank you. I wasn't the only one confused with the imprecise language...
 
I miss the days when the American people helped guide the nation's economy, not a group of people with a calculator and a money printer.
 
pretender said:
I miss the days when the American people helped guide the nation's economy, not a group of people with a calculator and a money printer.
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They don't guide the economy, they try to help prevent a Great Depression. Consumers guide the economy, ssssshhhhh.
 
DOquestions said:
They don't guide the economy, they try to help prevent a Great Depression. Consumers guide the economy, ssssshhhhh.
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The current situation is an exception. More often, controling inflation is what they are concerned about, as well as exchange rates ect.

Lets just let this thread die now.
 
Vadd0 said:
The Federal Reserve Board depends on the expertise, judgment, integrity, and dedication of its staff to succeed in meeting its mission of guiding the nation's economy. To accomplish this, the Board looks for individuals with various skills, background, and training. The Board has many types of jobs and offers excellent benefits.
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ok.
 
vasca said:
80 hours a week doesn't mean they are doing nonstop nitty gritty work 80 hours a week. They could be spending large portions of that time in the tv room watching movies or going to fancy restaurants for 4 hour lunches.

I on the other hand was THE pediatrician for over 20 births last night (I now officially hallucinate babies :scared:) and my decisions could have meant killing a newborn baby child or leaving the little rugrat terribly incapcitated. Imagine if because of physical exhaustion I could have dropped a baby on the floor? For one I could have been kicked out of the internship, the hospital get sued and I could risk going to prison. For over 5 hours I was working nonstop attending births without resting a minute (sometimes atending multiple births at the same time, ick), it's not like the work was all that spaced out either and I also had to attend the ICU unit as well doing notes, drawing blood samples (very hard to do when your patient is smaller than your hand) and ingresation papers which most interns aren't even allowed to do.

I don't see those fed dudes worrying much about going to jail for dropping a few folders filled with papers.
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I'm not quite sure what you're implying, but what the fed does has a huge impact on everyone. They may not go to jail, but their work is very important, too important in fact.
 
DOquestions said:
The AIG issue has Ben really pissed off. He wants to get things changed so this never can happen again. He is actually going to try and make these companies degrade slowly...selling assets and such to pay back the government.

Maybe you all should actually watch a video clip of the 60 Minutes interview instead of bashing the crap out of the Federal Reserve.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/
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I just watched it and your full of ****. No where in that interview does it say hes pulling 80 hours.

All he says is that hes slept on the couch in his office a few times. Its a F***** finiancial crisis and he should be spending 80 hours a week, but i doubt it he is.

For what its worth I think bernacke is a decent guy. As far as him being "really pissed off" i wasnt getting that from the interview.

by the way its "the fed" not "the feds". "The feds" is what criminals refer to the FBI as not the federal reserve.
 
niranjan162 said:
I just watched it and your full of ****. No where in that interview does it say hes pulling 80 hours.

All he says is that hes slept on the couch in his office a few times. Its a F***** finiancial crisis and he should be spending 80 hours a week, but i doubt it he is.

For what its worth I think bernacke is a decent guy. As far as him being "really pissed off" i wasnt getting that from the interview.

by the way its "the fed" not "the feds". "The feds" is what criminals refer to the FBI as not the federal reserve.
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Read the title of the thread again.
 
DOquestions said:
Read the title of the thread again.
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Id be surprised if the Fed even worked weekends before the financial crisis, so when the **** hits the fan, they have to put in more hours, whereas residents are consistently pulling 80 hour work weeks and attendings aren't to far behind that.
 
niranjan162 said:
Id be surprised if the Fed even worked weekends before the financial crisis, so when the **** hits the fan, they have to put in more hours, whereas residents are consistently pulling 80 hour work weeks and attendings aren't to far behind that.
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So what are you saying?
 
Ok, all things aside, I'll admit I don't know jack about what the fed really do. However, even if I did, I will still say that physicians aren't unjustified in complaining about work hours or compensation.
 
LastPolarBear said:
Ok, all things aside, I'll admit I don't know jack about what the fed really do. However, even if I did, I will still say that physicians aren't unjustified in complaining about work hours or compensation.
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this is wut i was implying
 
Ok, i rarely do this, but ive seen enough of his BS threads and posts....

Im calling Troll on the OP:sendoff:
 
gatorsbball said:
Did he deserve a ban though? Seems a little extreme to me...
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Yea banning was a little extreme. I didnt agree with what he was saying but still...

chubby chaser, you must have some really close mod friends, remind me never to mess with you :scared:
 
but he was SOOOO amusing! :cry:

i just loved his thread on how to live below the poverty line while you are in med school

RIP DOquestions! ...who was apparently only interested in DO schools but only frequented the pre-allo board 😕
 
DOquestions said:
I was watching 60 minutes tonight.I noticed that they work just as many hours as doctors do. Doctors seriously need to stop bitching so much about their work hours. All high level jobs require you to basically devote your life to it. The abusiveness in training and the debt incurred deserves bitching, but not the long work hours as an attending.

Sorry for my rant.
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wow, there are so many things wrong with your post. Just go over to Europe and tell me what you think of our great American "hard working" production obsessed society.
 
DOquestion was a hilarious poster, troll maybe, but trolled artfully and brought fun and life to this board. I shall remember the fun he provided for my dull afternoon.

If I do become an attending, maybe one day in the back corner of my mind, maybe one day, I shall think of DOquestion.

A great man who lived on an air mattress with a roommate on 325 buck rent while his wife is "out of town for internship".

A great man whose beloved wife pushed for him to make more $$, and as a result, must make more money and eat ramen(TM).

A great man who believed in copy the superior genetic blueprint of great atheletes and clone them.

A great man indeed.
 
Handy388 said:
DOquestion was a hilarious poster, troll maybe, but trolled artfully and brought fun and life to this board. I shall remember the fun he provided for my dull afternoon.

If I do become an attending, maybe one day in the back corner of my mind, maybe one day, I shall think of DOquestion.

A great man who lived on an air mattress with a roommate on 325 buck rent while his wife is "out of town for internship".

A great man whose beloved wife pushed for him to make more $$, and as a result, must make more money and eat ramen(TM).

A great man who believed in copy the superior genetic blueprint of great atheletes and clone them.

A great man indeed.
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Haha, I went through some of his old threads, and the guy really does seem hilarious. I think I'm going to miss him :laugh:
 
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