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To: Poundstone

I should note that the difficult thing in analyzing federal compensation is comparing apples to apples. Most studies that assert federal employees are overpaid compare apples to oranges, i.e, they include blue collar workers, burger flippers, and their ilk in their comparison. Few of those types work for the federal government.


3 posted on 11/01/2010 7:15:45 AM PDT by Poundstone (A recent Federal retiree and proud of it!)
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To: Poundstone
burger flippers, and their ilk

You're an elitist pig.

I can't wait until we chop a good 60% of Federal parasites of the payroll.

L

7 posted on 11/01/2010 7:18:05 AM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Poundstone

“I should note that the difficult thing in analyzing federal compensation is comparing apples to apples. Most studies that assert federal employees are overpaid compare apples to oranges, i.e, they include blue collar workers, burger flippers, and their ilk in their comparison. Few of those types work for the federal government.”

The difference is “burger flippers and their ilk” are paid via voluntary exchange. No one puts a gun to your head and forces you to buy a burger. Every dollar that a government worker is paid is stolen from someone else.


70 posted on 11/01/2010 8:00:14 AM PDT by FightThePower! (Fight the powers that be!)
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To: Poundstone

Yes, there aren’t many really productive, contributing workers in the federal government to compare to the typical blue-collar private-sector workers.


72 posted on 11/01/2010 8:02:07 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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