They made 32 million in 2010 on tax stamps. That money goes to congress general fund. ATF doesn't get to spend a nickel of it.
They made 32 million in 2010 on tax stamps. That money goes to congress general fund. ATF doesn't get to spend a nickel of it.
I'm really confused about this issue... isn't this one of the few areas of .gov that could quite easily MAKE money??? I mean, $200 per stamp... surely these employees aren't THAT highly paid??? Stamping a half-dozen apps per day (each) surely would MORE THAN pay for all the salary, benefits and support requirements for every one of those people???
$1,200 (6 approved apps per day) x 5 days per week x 46 weeks per year (allowing for lots of time off) =
$276,000 in revenue generated per year PER employee!
Yet one more example of how the .gov does a terrible terrible job, something the private industry could and would do much much better. Any private industry in their right mind that could virtually GUARANTEE a return on their investment like that... OMG. I mean, you could pay these people 50k per year with another 30k in benefits and STILL have a NET PROFIT of $2.50 for every dollar you spend!
WTH??? How hard is it to run those numbers??? If not for the waiting list, I'd already have a number of NFA items... but jeez.... I just can't justify that kind of money being tied up and unusable for a year-plus.
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