They picked this person as a representative and she lobs a soft ball like that? Good grief!
Oh well, I'll take it.
If public employees should be paid a salary comparable to their worth in the private sector then we should cut their salaries by 20-50% right off the top.
Plenty of useless bureaucrats in the private sector, too. When you see headlines like "Company makes targeted layoffs, 5000 employees impacted", the deadwood is always the first to go.
Note, a "targeted" layoff is way different from a "plant closing" or something....closings get everyone, good and bad.
You're right though, Gov't at all levels could swing a pretty big axe. When DC has bad weather, goes to "essential employees only" and no workers show up .... that's a pretty big hint. :-)