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Attacking Federal Worker Compensation
Conservatives think they have scored again in their ongoing attack on federal workers. Writing in the Wall Street Journal (see here for a reprint at AEI), Paul Kupiec points out that federal bank regulators earn higher compensation – gasp! – than employees of the … Continue reading
Still Attacking Federal Employees
Federal workers have been subject to a pay freeze for the last two years, but that’s apparently not good enough for Republicans in Congress, who now look to introduce legislation to prevent Obama’s plan to give employees a pay raise of, wait for … Continue reading
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Chicago’s Teachers
In an editorial (subscription required), the Wall Street Journal compares the $71,000 average salary of Chicago’s teachers with the $47,000 average salary of the people who pay for the teachers, implying that the teachers are ripping off taxpayers. The teachers … Continue reading
Attacking Federal Employees
Now for something entirely bizarre. In a USA Today article, Dennis Cauchon reports that 21,000 federal retirees have pensions of $100,000 or more, but it isn’t until the second to last sentence of the article that he happens to mention that 96% of the six-figure pensions are part … Continue reading
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