If you think Illinois has overpaid gov’t workers, search wages of bureaucrats in Washington DC.
I don't know, I'm a retired fed LEO GS-14/7 (which is about as much as any GS employee can make at retirement. I make about 85 K 'before' taxes in retirement. And I'm not complaining.
I realize I have it much better than almost anyone in the privet sector.
Amen. DC is woefully corrupt.