[ErnBatavia]

Government employees...the new middle class.

[dragnet2]

Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.

I believe this is being picked up by westcoast 50,000 watt blowtorch AM 640 station -- KFI Los Angeles, John and Ken show...this story was just mentioned by the hosts, and looks like they'll be covering this after the break.

The pro-big gov lobby of the Free Republic won't like this.

[tiger63]

Not the middle class but rather an elite class of affirmative action dead beats given their jobs, fake degrees and plenty of bonus points to get a leg up.