11-30-2010, 09:36 PM
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Keeneland
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: U.S.A.
Posts: 10,072
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Riot
Why should they be paid a generalized average of what the private sector pays for similar, and in different states? Go look at the salaries listed for government jobs (yes, they are on websites, there is a jobs.gov website) - they sure are not out of line with the private sector in my eyes.
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Well then enlighten yourself?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/...eral-pay_N.htm
These salary figures do not include the value of health, pension and other benefits, which averaged $40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Just because what you see in KY doesn't make things so.
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