[Porterville]

I figure there are 100 of thousands or even millions of people like me, who have graduate degrees in business or an other real major, and want to work in the public sector but can not get in because of the sister's daughter graduating from some school back east with a liberal arts degree. I don't know how to revolt but I'm just about at my limit. How can they take the public doe and give it to the unqualified??? I’ve seen nineteen year olds land 45,000 dollar jobs in city governments, I’ve seen young women with emergency credentials take over supervisor jobs in schools landing 45-50 grand per year. I’ve seen a lot of this stuff from friends in management roles at the prisons….on and on

[lelio]

I’ve seen nineteen year olds land 45,000 dollar jobs in city governments

The major reason for that is that they want an employee for life that won't rock the boat. You're too ambitious and will:
a) likely be offered a private sector job
b) more than likely figure out where all the waste is
c) actually care about doing a good job vs getting a pay check and keeping your mouth shut (well until election day)

Get em young, pump them up with largish salaries, and you have a pup for life that won't want to be weaned from the mother.

As for prison guards making $60k a year: I say they deserve it. The job is rough, they're dealing with bad situations. Plus if you think things are crooked in prision now, wait till you start paying them $35k a year and they'll be forced to do illegal activity to just make ends meet.
That's why I can't understand people's desires to pay politicians a minimal amount of money. If you have power and you don't have money then you look to steal. I'll rather have a halfway honest public employee that's making $100k than a dishonest one making $30k.