[TnGOP]

Oh yes. You are so right. I renewed my driver’s license last week and there were dozens of rocket surgeons behind the counter. Their politeness and efficiency made them worth every bit of their $100k/yr salary.

OK. Driving License stations are a state function, not federal. In Tennessee, the pay grade for one of those folks is about the same as my wife makes in another department - about 13 bucks an hour. You only need to work 7,692 hours a year at that rate to get that 100 grand.

[getitright]

There are a wider variety of federal jobs than I realized. When I here the term, I think of enormous office buildings stuffed with union do-nothings raking in obscene salaries, benefits, and pensions.

There are no doubt many very sharp folks working for the government. I would expect them to be most highly represented in the military/law enforcment/intelligence fields.

The primary point I believe is this- seperating income from product yields gross inefficiencies. This is what most union situations move towards. I’m sure many of you governemnt workers earn every penny but I’ll bet that out of the millions there are most who don’t.