I'm not a federal employee. They wouldn't hire the likes of me...
However, I have seen federal employees who were brilliant and could have made fortunes in the private sector, but chose public service. I've also met federal employees who had private, inherited fortunes and worked their butts off in the public sector.
I have no illusions that there is waste in the public sector, but your comments are very, very broad and do a disservice to those public employees who really do bust their humps for not a great deal of money.
"your comments are very, very broad and do a disservice to those public employees who really do bust their humps for not a great deal of money"
I apologize to the handful of federal employees that actually do earn their pay and are forced to be compared with the hundreds of thousands that don't bust their humps for a lot more money than they could ever hope to earn anywhere else.
My comments are broad. They are also on target for almost all gov't employees. It's just the way it is.
They just need to keep quiet, enjoy the gravy train upon which they recline and not make so much noise about being "underpaid". They are not underpaid. They should just keep quiet. Is that too much to ask?