[quote=jficquette]We are talking double the pay for private employees. Double the pay for jobs that are mostly unneeded.[/quote]
It is NOT double the pay for the same or similar job. It is a comparison of general population (which includes retail employees, sanitation, fast-food, etc) to a specific population which is primarily administrative.
(most of the government jobs that would be equivalent to these lower paying jobs are contracted out and not perfomred by federal employees).
