We need a national movement to cut pay and benefits (especially pension) benefits at all levels of the so-called civil service. There are loads of statistics that show how out of whack these packages have become. And the abuse of them...even the penchant for Police and Firefighters (much as I love and rspect them) to take their retirement as disabilities, etc.
Getting a job with fire or police departments is like winning the lottery.
Be careful when painting with a broad brush as far as Civil Servants go!
FrogDad is a DoD Civil Servant. He makes about 75K a year after working in his field for almost 40 years.
The retirement setup for DoD civilians isn’t that great. You find the year of their highest salary (75K in this case), multiply it by 1% (75K X .01 = 750) and multiply again by number of years of service.
Since his first 24 years were active duty, he’s worked since ‘95 as a Civilian, or 15 years next December. So, if he were to retire in December, his retirement pay would be the magnificent :p sum of 11,250 per year. Or $937 a month. No other benefits, no medical, no nothing.
Show me any union hack, senator, or congress critter with anything approaching that.
Don’t paint so broadly!