[ZULU]

Ask that fat slob Chris Christie. IN a state with the highest paid teachers in the nation and among those with the poorest performing students, he just endorsed an increase of $12,500 per annum, plus bonuses, for teachers in the Newark School system.

Guess he is rewarding them for the great job they have done (Sarcasm.)

So much for the great reformer.

[PGR88]

Fire 65% of them, and give a small raise to the remainder.

[King Moonracer]

I guess all thos government unions aren’t doing their job.

Numbers can be played with.

I guess they compare Barry’s salary to say, some CEO making a hundred times as much and cry foul.

[mountainlion]

If memory serves right there are 200 top Air Traffic controllers that make more than the Secretary of Transportation.

[traditional1]

"The Federal Salary Council, an advisory body of academics and leaders of public employee unions"

Oh yeah; there's an un-biased analysis group for ya....

/SARC

[mo]

500000 of our employees in DC are paid “more than” 100K

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/08/20/Federal-workers-earn-twice-as-much-as-private-workers

There are 14.6 million civilian Fed employees of We the People excluding Postal Service ..

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_employees_in_the_federal_government

271 billion/14.6 million = 185K APIECE....something doesn’t add up...and the Washington Post writers are too busy trying to avoid doing this simple math. Perhaps that includes retirement bennies..../s

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-truth-about-federal-salary-numbers/2012/11/18/08acd084-293e-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html

[wrench]

When was the last time you heard of massive layoffs or downsizing in any Federal department. I think they still have a dept of buggy-whip certification.

The federal (not state or county government) employees I know have NEVER been laid off, had a cut in pay, and rarely go 3 years without a pay increase for the same job description.