BS. I work for EPA (check my previous posts), and we are overpaid by at least 20% and underworked in the extreme. At least half of all fed workers need to be fired, and the remaining 50% need a 20% pay decrease.
A GS-5 makes 30K in DC
A GS-7 makes 37K in DC
A GS-9 makes 42K in DC
That is barely national average and those are the majority of the workers and the ones that actually do the work. Now if you want to get rid of the SCS’ now that would be a great start.