"Dallas" wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:20:07 -0700, Ęslop wrote:
Do you just make this crap up?
Nope.
"Federal wages and benefits have been rising quickly, and by 2004 the
average compensation of federal workers was almost twice the average in
the
private sector."
http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0605-35.pdf
What about the 50% of all workers? Where did this number come from? It's
actually about 17% TOTAL, Fed, State Local combined.
As an average of total salaries, yes the number is double. But this is
completely and totally meaningless. Government agencies don't hire (for the
most part) unskilled labor, and far less semi-skilled than make up the
"average" workforce. In my dept, over 50% of employees have a 4 year degree
or higher.This is well over double the average of about 25 percent of all
workers over 25 in the US. Stating the average government wage is double or
triple or whatever the national average is as meaningless as saying the
average at Boeing, or FedEx, or any other large corporation is higher than
average of all workers. They don't hire burger-flippers and day-laborers.
Even in the doc you quoted, the authors state that on a position to position
comparison, the Federal jobs are either slightly higher or slightly lower
than public sector, depending on the study.
Personally, I could care less what your opinion of gubmint workers is. But
at least get some actual facts instead of just pulling numbers out of your
ass and quoting meaningless stats that you apparently have been unable to
comprehend.