RCOB Time

Data from CATO’s Chris Edwards, who notes:

Members of Congress who have large numbers of federal workers in their districts relentlessly push for expanding federal worker compensation.  Also, the Bush administration had little interest in fiscal restraint, and it usually got rolled by the federal unions.  The result has been an increasingly overpaid elite of government workers, who are insulated from the economic reality of recessions and from the tough competitive climate of the private sector.

Gee, I remember when government employees used to get paid less.  I guess this is because of those lousy benefits government workers get, that and the non-existent job security... oh wait!

Federal workers typically have generous holiday and vacation schedules, flexible work hours, training options, incentive awards, excessive disability benefits, flexible spending accounts, union protections, and a usually more relaxed pace of work than private workers. Perhaps the most important benefit of federal work is the extreme job security.  The rate of “involuntary separations” (layoffs and firings) in the federal workforce is just one-quarter the rate in the private sector.

Via:  Warren at Coyote Blog, where a bunch of commenters are offering excuses.  (I’m not buying ’em.)

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