It doesn’t really matter where I live; this kind of thing is happening all over the United States.
When someone who works in the public sector is making hundredc of thousands more than a civilian, it is bound to bankrupt governments. The tax burden will expand beyond the ability of the civilian sector to pay for it.
That is happening right now, all around the nation.
The elephant in the room on all these issues is that blacks are masssively over represented when it comes to govenment jobs.
This is just back door reparations if you ask me.
I got a solution for you SD:
Run for office. Sounds like you already have a platform to run on.
He has paid in for 25 years. And has 30 years of Government service if you include his 5 years in the Air Force.
It DOES matter where you live.
His pension is a state pension. The state of Texas.
Texas is not broke like many other states.
per Will Franklin’s daily Perry Almanac:
Texas added 20,800 jobs in Nov that brought the total to 226,000 jobs. Private Sector added 22,700 jobs last month and 289,900 in the past year.
Texas has experienced 19 consecutive months of positive job growth.
And, unlike the national labor force, which is shrinking as people give up and drop out (which ultimately makes the national unemployment rate look better than it actually is), Texas continued to grow its labor force. Even the manufacturing sector added 3,900 jobs last month, bringing the total to 25,200 for the year.
Texas has a projected $1.6 Billion surplus.
In my opinion, he should be paid 3x what he is making because he has earned it.
There are Mayors and City Councilmen here in Texas that make more than the Governor.
And as was pointed out in a post above, Perry has proposed that he would try to get Congress + Staff Salary cut in half. He said as President, he would take a 50% cut in pay.
He has even mentioned as you that Fed government jobs should not be more than the same private sector jobs.
You have a point but blaming it on Perry is out of line.
Governor Perry lived on a farm. If you write him a letter I'll bet he could give you instructions on how to do that.