Are federal workers overpaid? Avg 123k?? It’s insane!

[briansd1]

[quote=flu]
Well, for a minority of people, yes…Those are the ones that are true altruists. You see them working/volunteering at food banks, helping out poor, helping out Katrina victims, helping our natural disaster victims,etc. The majority rest of the people might have lofty ideas, but very little in terms of actionable actions, and imho just grandstanding and postulating…

The true altruists…great for them. I admire them.. I’m not one of them…And I don’t bother pretending to be one with high preachy morales/ethics/whatever (though it doesn’t necessarily mean I don’t have any either).[/quote]

In your definition of altruists, they are spending all of their time doing charity work so they arguably can’t “take care” of themselves or their families (at least not building a financial inheritance).

I think that social conscience is very important. A little from every citizen helps a lot.

[bubba99]

As a taxpayer, yes. As a Federal employee, hell yes.

$100,000/year for a high school graduate with four years experience is a little out of line. Particularly when all the needed job skills are taught on the job.

[bubba99]

As a taxpayer, yes. As a Federal employee, hell yes.

$100,000/year for a high school graduate with four years experience is a little out of line. Particularly when all the needed job skills are taught on the job.

[bubba99]

As a taxpayer, yes. As a Federal employee, hell yes.

$100,000/year for a high school graduate with four years experience is a little out of line. Particularly when all the needed job skills are taught on the job.

[bubba99]

As a taxpayer, yes. As a Federal employee, hell yes.

$100,000/year for a high school graduate with four years experience is a little out of line. Particularly when all the needed job skills are taught on the job.

[bubba99]

As a taxpayer, yes. As a Federal employee, hell yes.

$100,000/year for a high school graduate with four years experience is a little out of line. Particularly when all the needed job skills are taught on the job.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[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).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[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).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[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).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[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).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

[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).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

I stand corrected. Reading further down in this thread I see the direct job-for-job comparison by USAToday. I was surprosed by this result, and retract my previous statements.

Fire them all.

[quote=FormerSanDiegan][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 performed by federal employees).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.[/quote]

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

I stand corrected. Reading further down in this thread I see the direct job-for-job comparison by USAToday. I was surprosed by this result, and retract my previous statements.

Fire them all.

[quote=FormerSanDiegan][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 performed by federal employees).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.[/quote]

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

I stand corrected. Reading further down in this thread I see the direct job-for-job comparison by USAToday. I was surprosed by this result, and retract my previous statements.

Fire them all.

[quote=FormerSanDiegan][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 performed by federal employees).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.[/quote]

[(former)FormerSanDiegan]

I stand corrected. Reading further down in this thread I see the direct job-for-job comparison by USAToday. I was surprosed by this result, and retract my previous statements.

Fire them all.

[quote=FormerSanDiegan][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 performed by federal employees).

It is an apples-to-oranges comparison.[/quote]

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