I seem to remember reading somewhere in the past year that the average federal government salary is about double that of the private sector. Does anyone have a link to this info? Maybe under the guise of “equal pay for equal work” we could reduce federal salaries to be at the levels of their private sector counterparts. The federal employees unions always like to ignore the value of their health care and pension plans that are far better than 99% of the country, and create a crushing debt on our government budgets.
I'm just so F’ing sick and tired of hearing how federal employees are paid double their private sector counterparts. Those statements are made by think tanks (both right and left) with an agenda who bunch groups of GS’s together and try to represent them against run of the mill 2yr tech degree private sector slugs. As ans example,I have a 4yr engineering degree with a masters. My private sector counterparts make on average 25-30% more than me for the same work. You may ask why I don't quit and work in the private sector, it's simple, aerospace contractors lay people off while others hire. Working in Defense gives me ability to honor and defend the constitution regardless of which contractor is providing the product. If you really want to stop the Govt gravy train stop state and local govt employees. They are ALL UNION and screw their friends and neighbors with a smile. How many “special” levies are on the ballet of fire/police/city workers????
So in closing FU to all of you who spew the F’ing lies of think tanks. Take the time to learn the truth and you won't appear as stupid as liberals are.