Not really. It’s easy for someone who hasn’t studied to ratchet off that talking point but it isn’t true.
Most government offices are filled with clerical staff that make in the 30k-40k range. I’m not saying that there aren’t those who advance far beyond that but most of your office employees in a federal office will be in that range.
Plus, federal workers essentially make a lifetime commitment to the government and forgo higher private sector wages in exchange for the better benefits, insurance and pension. If you try and take that away from them the streets of every city with a federal courthouse will look like Athens because there are more families then you realize now depending on the stable income of the family member who has the federal job.
I’m not saying CUT ALL FEDERAL WORKERS.
I AM SAYING CUT OUT THE ONES THAT ARE NOT PRODUCTIVE. CLEAN HOUSE. I USED TO WORK FOR THE FEDS. I KNOW WHAT GOES ON. ONE THIRD OF ALL FEDERAL WORKERS DO ALL THE WORK AND THE OTHER TWO THIRDS SKATE BY BY DOING THE BARE MINIMUM AND NO MORE. THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND THEIR CO WORKERS KNOW TOO. IT IS RATHER THE UNIONS AND THEIR BOSSES THAT PROTECT THEM FROM BEING FIRED OR LAID OFF. THAT IS WHAT THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY IS ALL ABOUT. THERE IS A LOT OF WASTE FRAUD AND ABUSE IN THE FEDERAL BUDGET THAT COULD BE CUT WITHOUT BATTING AN EYELASH.
Not any more. The average federal worker's salary is now $71,000, compared with $40,000 in the private sector. And that's before benefits.
In the last 18 months the number of federal workers making more than $100,000 went from 14% to 19%.
Federal pay is completely out of control.