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Here's one of the first things Trump should be working on.
Posted on: April 30, 2017 at 08:18:06 CT
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Dammit, if he'd read my posts and follow directions we'd soon be a lot better off. And besides that, get entirely rid of all the totally useless drones on the payroll that don't have a damn thing to do of any value.
Here's A Yuuuge Wage Gap That Trump Ought To Close
We hear endless lamentations about the alleged gender pay gap. But what about the other, very real, pay gap? The one where government workers make far more than their private sector counterparts.
To get a clear picture of public-private pay gap, the Congressional Budget Office looked at pay scales from 2011 through 2015, controlling for things like location, occupation, veteran status, demographics, as well as education.
It found that among those with a high school diploma, federal civilian workers earned 34% more, on average, than similar workers in the private sector. But government workers also get benefits that are 93% more generous than the private sector. When you combine the two, these federal workers get 52% more than their private sector counterparts.
Those with a bachelor's degree made 21% more in government, the CBO found, and those with a master's degree made 5% more in wages and benefits. The only group that did worse in government were those with a doctorate, who earned an average 18% less, on average, in the federal government than in the private sector.
The CBO also found that this pay gap has sharply widened for most federal workers — thanks to the fact that the government kept passing out raises throughout the Obama years while private sector wages flatlined. The report shows that federal workers got raises averaging more than 3% from 2009 through 2015.
As a result, the pay gap for high school educated workers went from 36% in 2010 to 53% in 2015. The gap for workers with a bachelor's degree climbed from 15% to 21%.
The CBO finding confirms other reports that have found a substantial pay gap between government and private sector workers. The libertarian Cato Institute, for example, put it at 78% — and rising.
And these figures do not take into account the wide gap in productivity between private sector workers and their government counterparts. One example: When The Conference Board took over reporting on international labor comparisons from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics a few years ago, it found that it needed three employees to do what took 16 government bureaucrats.
Add in this productivity gap, and the public-private wage gap grows even more alarmingly wide.
If Trump wants to drain the Washington, D.C., swamp, a good place to start would be to cut government worker pay down to size. That wouldn't fix the nation's deficit problem, but given that the federal government employs 2.2 million civilian workers, it would certain make a dent.
Plus, it would be a way to remind government workers that they are supposed to be public servants, not swindling pirates.
Edited by GA Tiger at 08:19:14 on 04/30/17
Here's A Yuuuge Wage Gap That Trump Ought To Close
We hear endless lamentations about the alleged gender pay gap. But what about the other, very real, pay gap? The one where government workers make far more than their private sector counterparts.
To get a clear picture of public-private pay gap, the Congressional Budget Office looked at pay scales from 2011 through 2015, controlling for things like location, occupation, veteran status, demographics, as well as education.
It found that among those with a high school diploma, federal civilian workers earned 34% more, on average, than similar workers in the private sector. But government workers also get benefits that are 93% more generous than the private sector. When you combine the two, these federal workers get 52% more than their private sector counterparts.
Those with a bachelor's degree made 21% more in government, the CBO found, and those with a master's degree made 5% more in wages and benefits. The only group that did worse in government were those with a doctorate, who earned an average 18% less, on average, in the federal government than in the private sector.
The CBO also found that this pay gap has sharply widened for most federal workers — thanks to the fact that the government kept passing out raises throughout the Obama years while private sector wages flatlined. The report shows that federal workers got raises averaging more than 3% from 2009 through 2015.
As a result, the pay gap for high school educated workers went from 36% in 2010 to 53% in 2015. The gap for workers with a bachelor's degree climbed from 15% to 21%.
The CBO finding confirms other reports that have found a substantial pay gap between government and private sector workers. The libertarian Cato Institute, for example, put it at 78% — and rising.
And these figures do not take into account the wide gap in productivity between private sector workers and their government counterparts. One example: When The Conference Board took over reporting on international labor comparisons from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics a few years ago, it found that it needed three employees to do what took 16 government bureaucrats.
Add in this productivity gap, and the public-private wage gap grows even more alarmingly wide.
If Trump wants to drain the Washington, D.C., swamp, a good place to start would be to cut government worker pay down to size. That wouldn't fix the nation's deficit problem, but given that the federal government employs 2.2 million civilian workers, it would certain make a dent.
Plus, it would be a way to remind government workers that they are supposed to be public servants, not swindling pirates.
Edited by GA Tiger at 08:19:14 on 04/30/17
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Here's one of the first things Trump should be working on. - GA Tiger MU - 4/30 08:18:06