yea and there were a few charts out saying Letter Carriers make 90,000 a year base pay.....right ....where is that PO?....deal with it, it's another case of union workers making and retiring on benefits much higher than the taxpayers who make less can afford and remember this too, 47% of AMericans pay ZERO federal income tax.
Deal with what?
It really seems to be that you don't know what you are talking about.
Public employees receive lifetime compensation that's generally less then their private sector counterparts. What attracts skilled labor to the public sector? Benefits. It's a necessary component in getting the right people in the right places.
But of course petty conservatives have no idea how that works.
what was that you were saying?
Federal pay ahead of private industry - USATODAY.comFederal pay ahead of private industry
Overall, federal workers earned an average salary of $67,691 in 2008 for occupations that exist both in government and the private sector, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The average pay for the same mix of jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008, the most recent data available.
CHART: Federal salaries compared to private-sector
These salary figures do not include the value of health, pension and other benefits, which averaged $40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.