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Do you believe government workers get paid less--when including pensions, benefits and almost lifetime tenure?
Want to read a joke?
"The new study finds that state workers earn 11 percent less and local government workers 12 percent less than comparable private-sector workers. The pay gap has grown during the last 15 years as government jobs fell farther behind the private sector.
Adjusted for higher public-employee benefits, the new study said the gap is 6.8 percent for state workers, 7.4 percent for local government workers."
These folks believe government workers need a pay raise!
The worse part of this joke? It was paid for by tax dollars--at least it was the people of Wisconsin that paid for this comedy manuscript. Maybe Stimulus money was used as well.
The facts: "An opinion article in the Wall Street Journal last March, not mentioned in the study, makes a comparison similar to the USA Today averages: $39.66 per hour in total compensation for state and local government workers, $27.42 for private-sector workers.
But the Journal article also talks about a major form of compensation not covered in the new study the long-term benefit commitments made to government workers for pensions and retiree health care."
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Want to read a joke?
"The new study finds that state workers earn 11 percent less and local government workers 12 percent less than comparable private-sector workers. The pay gap has grown during the last 15 years as government jobs fell farther behind the private sector.
Adjusted for higher public-employee benefits, the new study said the gap is 6.8 percent for state workers, 7.4 percent for local government workers."
These folks believe government workers need a pay raise!
The worse part of this joke? It was paid for by tax dollars--at least it was the people of Wisconsin that paid for this comedy manuscript. Maybe Stimulus money was used as well.
The facts: "An opinion article in the Wall Street Journal last March, not mentioned in the study, makes a comparison similar to the USA Today averages: $39.66 per hour in total compensation for state and local government workers, $27.42 for private-sector workers.
But the Journal article also talks about a major form of compensation not covered in the new study the long-term benefit commitments made to government workers for pensions and retiree health care."
More...