Back before we politicians receiving massive contributions from government employee unions and unionized government employees plying their inside outside scam on wage negotiations, government jobs paid less than private sector jobs, but the jobs were low stress, you had the job security because of government labor laws and you never got laid off, you had great benefits and you got yo retire after 20 years of service.
Now the government jobs are even more cushy and the pay is much higher than comparable private sector jobs
There is no comparison between productivity. Private sectors workers are getting worked to the bone while having their quality of life and benefit and retirement packages cut to the bone.
The government has no concept of productivity and the benefits and retirement are obscene and often abused by jacking up and inflation last year income with overtime and other tricks to allow government workers to retire with a pension compensation based on twice their true salary
Well, I’m now retired after 50 years of active duty and then Federal service. I feel not the slightest remorse after serving. Whom did I serve? On active duty it was Grunt Marine and Army ground-pounders in combat. As a GS-15 I served two “customers.” The same active-duty trigger-pullers, and the taxpayers. Why should I feel remorse that the Fed Gov paid me (except when I was furloughed (laid off), and got a retirement?
TC