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PS about the Fed pay debate - OPM reports that government workers make 25% less than their private sector counterparts. http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2011/03/can-you-compare-federal-government-vs-private-sector-pay.html
(summary article, but links to the important sources are in there)
Again, the Heritage foundation (and the other I'm not familiar with) were the sponsors of their attacks on Fed pay - but these were just responses to the OPM reports. This is an article from an advocacy-looking group as well - but it seems more data-based and is easily as important a response as the one from the heritage foundation.
Again, even the Heritage foundation alleged that if you held EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE steady for job type, that with benefits pay was 25% higher for Fed workers. While this data is refutable and debatable, it's not the same as the idiotic bleating of "feds make double private sector" garbage we hear in the fauxnews, on the hill, and through shrill wingers on the air. Grr.
(summary article, but links to the important sources are in there)
Again, the Heritage foundation (and the other I'm not familiar with) were the sponsors of their attacks on Fed pay - but these were just responses to the OPM reports. This is an article from an advocacy-looking group as well - but it seems more data-based and is easily as important a response as the one from the heritage foundation.
Again, even the Heritage foundation alleged that if you held EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE steady for job type, that with benefits pay was 25% higher for Fed workers. While this data is refutable and debatable, it's not the same as the idiotic bleating of "feds make double private sector" garbage we hear in the fauxnews, on the hill, and through shrill wingers on the air. Grr.