State and County bureaucrats, still rolling in the dough: You, the taxpayer, work till you're old so that they can retire at 50

American Thinker ^ | 12/24/2019 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

We all know the stories, at least if we live in California or New York, about the California prison guards who retire on six-figure pensions, or the school custodians who for their six-figure salaries, can't be bothered to sweep the floors at New York's run-down public schools.

Turns out those outrages aren't just apocryphal, they are going on now. According to an item in ZeroHedge, via Forbes, citing a new data compilation at OpenTheBooks:

The work of our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com tells a compelling story: Public service is supposed to be about serving the people. However, the good intentions of America’s 19 million public employees come at a very high price for the people – nearly $1 trillion. In many cases, taxpayers generously fund these employee salaries.

Our online database is free to use and includes most employees within the federal, state, and local governments. You can search in your backyard or across the nation. Find out just how much public employees made last year. The salary records include name, salary, position title, and employer for 2017.

The data is full of stunning examples.

• Tree trimmers in Chicago lopped off $106,000.

• New York City school janitors cleaned off $165,000 while out earning the principals at $135,000.

• Lifeguards in Los Angeles County, California, made up to $365,000.

• In the small school district in Southlake, Texas (8,000 students), the school superintendent earned $420,000.

You'll work till 80 so they can retire at 50, and you'll pay those monster pensions to boot.

[Grampa Dave]

They are probably not the only coaches being the highest paid employees in the states where they coach.