ding ding ding ! Even the Great Socialist knew it was wrong.
Just look at the charts - the excess largesse given to the one truly protected class, federal govt. workers, is staggering. How these govt. workers expect the rest of the working public to feel sorry for them is a manifestation of their hubris.
When I was a kid, everyone new that civil service jobs paid less, but they had great retirement benefits and job security, not unlike the $87.00 a month I earned as a Private in the U.S. Army.