The first table show wages only. The second includes pensions and health care beneifts.
The idea is to force as many federal workers into leaving or retiring before the cuts are implemented. It helps drain the swamp.
The first table show wages only. The second includes pensions and health care beneifts.
An April CBO report found that benefits for the government’s civilian workers were 47 percent higher, on average, than for comparable private-sector workers...
And how in the Fk is that possible or remotely fair?
When I was young (50-60’s), jobs in the Government didn’t pay nearly what the private sector paid, but the benefits were better. Too many years of Left Governing and the pay has far exceeded the private sector AND the benefits are out of sight. Time to rein in what our Government employees get and let the fair market determine what they are actually worth.
I would assume that would include members of Congress? And how about the President? After all, 100% of salary after a maximum of 8 years work along with fully paid healthcare is far better than the average pension in private industry.
Especially since a very large percentage of them don't do anything but show up once in a while and collect a check.
If the average citizen had any idea what most fedgov "employees" do all day all hell would break loose.
Also, is the CATO Institute also talking about military pensions when they’re calling for cuts? I don’t think most people would agree with that.
Cut government workers and the market will be flooded with unskilled workers to replace the illegal immigrants.
More interested in what is and is not in the budget he signs into law.
Here are some things to consider with federal civilian employees:
1. Step Increases - Mandatory increases to pay based on years at the job. “I’m a General Schedule (GS) 12, Step 4.” They only talk about the increases in the funding acts.
2. Desk Audits - Employees request these to raise their General Schedule (GS) level. “I was a GS-11, but after the Desk Audit, I’m now a GS-12.”
3. Bonuses - Bonuses given by one government employee to another government employee.
For a free country, this is a disgrace.
About time they cut the allotment from the Federal feeding trough.
But I want to make something perfectly clear. Though there are those who have abused the federal pension system, there are those of us who work for Uncle Sam for meager wages with little to no recognition for our efforts. People say that perhaps 1 in 5 actually do any work, well, I'm that "1," as are many others I know and associate with.
I've been fortunate enough to now work in a building where people appreciate the work I do for them. I don't get paid any more than I used to, but the recognition goes a long way towards soothing the anger that comes with being relegated to a low paid support staff role, though I have two IT degrees and three certifications.
I say all this to say, "don't throw the baby out with the bath water." Keep in mind that there are hard working people in the federal system who do not and will not make lots of money and who will receive a meager retirement when we do reach the age when we can do so.
A good start. The unions will fight this tooth and nail.
The Establishment has been pitting us against each other — poor vs. wealthy. I had been praying for a leader to aim the scissors at the very source of our problems — BIG govt with its BIG perks.
We all know that Federal Workers are much different than those lowly Private Sector Workers. The comparison isn’t even close.
They are just better People overall. They are smarter, more deserving and they work so much harder than those stinky Private Sector types.
Really, it’s true.
