Goodness. You are quite the radical. You are gonna get it now.Panda wrote:Not just base pay but total compensation. Government pensions are a huge drain on the tax base. Fifty years ago when the taxpayers had pensions from their corporate employers, maybe that was reasonable. However, in the current job market where private sector pensions are rare, its time to eliminate them for public servants too. From dog catcher to senator, they should get no retirement perks except SS and what they save. The same as the people paying their paycheck.VMI77 wrote: I agree completely...notice I put "free market" in quotes. My point was simply that the pay isn't a mystery and is known beforehand and qualified people still choose the job. If there were not enough qualified people to do the job then either the pay would have to be increased or the qualifications lowered. It appears that at the current levels of qualification there are sufficient people choosing to do the job, and that suggests that the level of pay must be either too high or about right, and not too low.
Makes perfect sense to me.
401(k)s for everybody!!
Teachers too!
Anygunanywhere