We've been hearing for months now about how the states have to do more with less. Reduced budgets, cutting payroll, and losing benefits. Fair enough, we all agree that we are taxed enough and raising taxes is not an answer that will work. And then we look at the Federal government. The proposal of another corporate handout, raise taxes, spend more. This seems to be the solution coming out of this administration.
“Across America, governors are being asked to do more with less, often at lower pay than federal employees in their states. The pay gap between governors and federal employees should prompt Congress to take a closer look at federal salaries,” said Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who requested the CRS report. “With our debt and deficits spiraling out of control, now is the time to ask agencies — not just governors — to do more with less.”
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My question is, why has the federal government not done the same belt tightening as the rest of the country. Pay scales have not changed, weve seen the biggest government union increase in US history, and the biggest payroll increase.
“Federal employees deserve to be paid adequately, and no one would argue against paying skilled engineers or top-notch doctors and nurses to care for wounded soldiers and veterans,” Coburn spokeswoman Becky Bernhardt told reporters. “It seems to defy explanation, however, why recreation planners, an interior designer, and many other public servants are receiving higher salaries than state governors when our nation is $14 trillion in debt and many taxpayers are struggling to pay their mortgage and make ends meet.”
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All this, and yet the Federal government seems content to take our money and give automatic raises every year. For example, our congressmen and senators are paid in Washington, by Washington, so who do they actually work for? They should be paid by the state that they claim to represent, this should include how election funding, or so called 'War Chests' are handled.
Congress is simply the most visible example, there are others who are less visible, but just as highly paid. Do not forget, they are being paid with you're money, are you getting your moneys worth? I end this with a few notes on less obvious employees, please go look for yourselves.
The gap between the lucrative pay scales of federal employees and the average private worker has widened over the last decade to the point that public workers now routinely make more than twice the salary earned in the private sector, according to the Cato Institute.
In 2009, federal employees earned an annual salary of $123,049 compared to just $61,051 in the private sector. In 2000, fed workers made $76,187 annually compared to $46,782 for the average private worker.
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