I have no idea, but I don't really have time to do a truth check on folks. I happen to have grown up with a girl whose dad was a bus driver for the city, and while my dad worked OT all his life, bringing up four kids, we did well but never went on vacations and such, while my friend's family, who had a family with four kids also, have never had a problem going on foreign vacations and such.
No, it's not everyone, but the crying poor from city, state and fed employees isn't particularly believable.