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Originally Posted by Heaven
Just curious, what government jobs have over inflated salaries? Could you list a few please? Particularity State of NH jobs? I'd appreciate it!
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Heaven, I don't have access to NH figures but here is some staggering information on federal employee salaries that is representative of the problem across the board.
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The trend to six-figure salaries is occurring throughout the federal government, in agencies big and small, high-tech and low-tech.
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The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in the private sector.
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Many top civil servants are prohibited from making more than an agency's leader. But if Congress lifts the boss' salary, others get raises, too. When the Federal Aviation Administration chief's salary rose, nearly 1,700 employees' had their salaries lifted above $170,000, too.
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When the recession started, the Transportation Department had only one person earning a salary of $170,000 or more. Eighteen months later, 1,690 employees had salaries above $170,000.
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Defense Department civilian employees earning $150,000 or more increased from 1,868 in December 2007 to 10,100 in June 2009, the most recent figure available.
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Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession's first 18 months — and that's before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.
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this USA Today article.
While millions of taxpayers have lost their jobs and millions more have received deep cuts in pay and benefits the good times are rolling for public employees. There seems to be no end to the raises, benefits and entitlements.
To do this while so many taxpayers are suffering is obscene and immoral.