Posted on 11/29/2011 1:15:58 AM PST by Liz
EXCERPT.....even during these hard times, there are thousands of government employees who still earn great, big salaries – many of them hundreds of thousands more than the $400,000 Obama pulls down each year.
In 2009, 347 Texas state employees earned more than the president; 53 of them made more than $600,000. In New York, 35 employees were paid over $400k last year. Since 2005, the number of Federal employees earning $150,000 plus has jumped tenfold: going from 12,399 to 171,689.
See our slideshow here on 10 insanely overpaid government employees.
We reported all their yearly earnings, which in addition to base salary, includes bonuses, overtime pay, and other pay.
The “other pay” can be things like unused sick days--$594,976 worth of them for one California employee – something private sector employees could only dream of.
“IOW over the hill by a couple of leagues”
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Obviously....You joined FR a few months ahead of me :P
Anyway, I am a child of 1944.
Mac Brown shoulda made the list...
Rick Perry has a natural talent at the Pay to Play game with shady real estate deals and jobs contracts in exchange for political favor and lucrative state position appointments. He makes Warren Harding look like a small time grifter.
I bet they worked a lot harder than 0bama.
Once again, Liz, you make a nonsensical comment. What State are you from and are you aware of the value of season tickets to UT home football games?
The Seven Breakthrough Solutions only apply to the high cost of a degree at colleges and universities. However, since the highest salaries are at the branches of the University of Texas system, the plan is pertinent.
Since the “agencies” are really semi-autonomous universities and medical schools, the problem is not so simple as naming “public employees.” http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/government-employee-salaries/ The top two are football coaches, the bulk of the top salaried are heads of departments at the medical schools, where research grants augment income — and where Texas leads, with multiple Nobel Prizes, including 2 at Southwest Medical Center this year.
Then there’s the problem of family legacies, the other prestige variables and the number of freshmen who have no idea what they want to major in and the many students who consider college a 4 year adolescent party.
We can only control certain variables. It appears - from the howls in academia, at least - that the Seven Solutions address a few key variables within higher education that can be intentionally changed in order to increase education opportunities and the worth of the college years.
Perry’s no small gov’t advocate, but I would be willing to bet that the majority of those making above 400k, and especially those over 600k, are involved with the universities, and coaches in particular. Perry would not have a whole lot of say in those salaries.
Quit injecting Liz/Larry’s Paultard rants with good information...it’s cluttering up his/her thread !!!
A GS 15 in New York, LA or even Baltimore can top $150,000. Don't need to be SES to get there. Shoot, in San Fran, you can get there as low as a 15/5. A 14 falls just short of 150K - $148,806 in San Francisco.
Is the GS pay cap based on locality, or is it the same across the board? I am up for a 14 law enforcement position and would hit the cap around 14/4 if I work a holiday.
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