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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

Why else would they spend 50 Million dollars to lobby for a job that pays $200.000K a year?

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

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ORIGINAL: subrob1967

Why else would they spend 50 Million dollars to lobby for a job that pays $200.000K a year?

Can you say "license to steal"?

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

The problem is that the alternatives are just as crooked whether they're D, R or I.

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

The problem is that the alternatives are just as crooked whether they're D, R or I.

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ORIGINAL: erieangel

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ORIGINAL: Hillwilliam

The problem is that the alternatives are just as crooked whether they're D, R or I.

With a few exceptions, you must admit.  They aren't all crooks, just the vast majority of them.

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With a few exceptions, you must admit.

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Thanks, taxpayers! Washington, D.C. residents rank as highest paid in the nation


While the American economy staggers out of recession, a new report shows that there’s at least one boomtown where people are raking in the dough and living large: Washington, D.C.

The Washington metropolitan area is home to the highest paid residents in the nation, according to a new report from the Ontario-based Martin Prosperity Institute. The first-time study examined 342 metro regions in the United States and found that the D.C. area’s median household income is now higher than $85,000 per year. That’s more than double the median household income of the lowest-income region. Some say government employees sacrifice big money to enter public service, but data from numerous studies show that federal workers make on average far more than those in the private sector.

A recent USA Today analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that, on average, federal workers earn far more than private-sector employees. According to economist Chris Edwards of the libertarian Cato Institute, compensation for federal workers was double that of those in the private sector in 2008.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/16/thanks-taxpayers-washington-d-c-residents-rank-as-highest-paid-in-the-nation/#ixzz1cY6iJhUS

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Morning Bell: The Truth About Public School Teacher Pay


...In New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Ohio, teachers unions have led the effort to beat back the reforms, arguing that teachers are overworked and underpaid and taking issue with even modest reforms to pension benefits as states grapple with budget deficits. But a new paper by Jason Richwine, Ph.D. and Andrew Biggs addresses the question of teacher pay head on and asks whether teachers today receive the right level of pay. They find that when benefits such as tenure, health care, and pensions are considered, the typical public-school teacher is well-paid: “We conclude that public-school-teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private-sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public-school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.” Richwine and Biggs also find that when it comes to pay, some of the best teachers are being left behind:

While union contracts help secure overcompensation for the average teacher, they may still leave the most valuable teachers underpaid. School administrators need to be able to hire and fire teachers as needed, basing personnel decisions on rigorous value-added evaluations and setting pay based on prevailing market rates.

Case in point: the Farmington, Michigan, school district. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports that in that district, the average gym teacher’s salary is $75,035, whereas science teachers make $68,483 on average. Likewise, in Harrison, Michigan, “science teachers earned $49,000 on average while gym teachers averaged $62,000.” Tom Gantert writes, “This is not unusual, because school districts don’t differentiate what a teacher does when considering compensation, regardless of the district’s educational needs. Teachers are paid on a single salary schedule based on seniority and education level.” And that single salary schedule is negotiated in the union contract.

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/01/morning-bell-the-truth-about-public-school-teacher-pay/

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ORIGINAL: HannahLynn

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With a few exceptions, you must admit.

name them.

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ORIGINAL: Sanity


It's GREAAT to be a Public Servant...

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Thanks, taxpayers! Washington, D.C. residents rank as highest paid in the nation


While the American economy staggers out of recession, a new report shows that there’s at least one boomtown where people are raking in the dough and living large: Washington, D.C.

The Washington metropolitan area is home to the highest paid residents in the nation, according to a new report from the Ontario-based Martin Prosperity Institute. The first-time study examined 342 metro regions in the United States and found that the D.C. area’s median household income is now higher than $85,000 per year. That’s more than double the median household income of the lowest-income region. Some say government employees sacrifice big money to enter public service, but data from numerous studies show that federal workers make on average far more than those in the private sector.

A recent USA Today analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that, on average, federal workers earn far more than private-sector employees. According to economist Chris Edwards of the libertarian Cato Institute, compensation for federal workers was double that of those in the private sector in 2008.


Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/16/thanks-taxpayers-washington-d-c-residents-rank-as-highest-paid-in-the-nation/#ixzz1cY6iJhUS

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Morning Bell: The Truth About Public School Teacher Pay


...In New Jersey, Wisconsin, and Ohio, teachers unions have led the effort to beat back the reforms, arguing that teachers are overworked and underpaid and taking issue with even modest reforms to pension benefits as states grapple with budget deficits. But a new paper by Jason Richwine, Ph.D. and Andrew Biggs addresses the question of teacher pay head on and asks whether teachers today receive the right level of pay. They find that when benefits such as tenure, health care, and pensions are considered, the typical public-school teacher is well-paid: “We conclude that public-school-teacher salaries are comparable to those paid to similarly skilled private-sector workers, but that more generous fringe benefits for public-school teachers, including greater job security, make total compensation 52 percent greater than fair market levels, equivalent to more than $120 billion overcharged to taxpayers each year.” Richwine and Biggs also find that when it comes to pay, some of the best teachers are being left behind:

While union contracts help secure overcompensation for the average teacher, they may still leave the most valuable teachers underpaid. School administrators need to be able to hire and fire teachers as needed, basing personnel decisions on rigorous value-added evaluations and setting pay based on prevailing market rates.

Case in point: the Farmington, Michigan, school district. Michigan Capitol Confidential reports that in that district, the average gym teacher’s salary is $75,035, whereas science teachers make $68,483 on average. Likewise, in Harrison, Michigan, “science teachers earned $49,000 on average while gym teachers averaged $62,000.” Tom Gantert writes, “This is not unusual, because school districts don’t differentiate what a teacher does when considering compensation, regardless of the district’s educational needs. Teachers are paid on a single salary schedule based on seniority and education level.” And that single salary schedule is negotiated in the union contract.

http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/01/morning-bell-the-truth-about-public-school-teacher-pay/