[vbmoneyspender]

Federal employees tend to be better educated and work in jobs that require higher skill levels compared to non-federal jobs . . .

I believe Gov't agencies at all levels encourage workers to get college degrees even if they are not germane to the work the worker is doing so that the agencies can make the exact same argument made here that gov't workers deserve more because they are 'better' educated.

[Secret Agent Man]

I worked there.

That is hardly a generalized truth. In certain areas yes. In a larger majority, no.

[BBell]

That is true. No degree, no promotion. A lot of trivial jobs require you to have a degree. It does not matter if you are educated beyond your intelligence.

You can be the smartest person out there or even a college dropout (Steve Jobs,Bill Gates, Zuckerberg,Michael Dell,Marc Rich, Ty Warner,Jack Taylor,etc.) and you will not get promoted without a degree. That is if you get hired in the first place.

The problem with the government is that it equates a degree with actually being smart. Which we we all know is not true. I would venture to say that most government employees could not make it in the private sector. And these same bureaucrats regulate the private sector.

[ldish]

Federal employees tend to be better educated and work in jobs that require higher skill levels compared to non-federal jobs . . .

if this is true then why in the hell is everything the govt does is so screwed up...why are the countries problems so bad and only getting worse...need to overthrow this govt and start all over with the constitution that is in place with no court rulings