LongTimeListener said:Stitch said:Don't you mean private sector pay and benefits has been so poor, leading people to stay in the public sector?
No I don't. Public sector pay and benefits raced past it, and that was well before private sector pay and benefits slowed down.
Does it seem reasonable that city employees after 15 years can get full health coverage for life for themselves and their spouses? Or that police and fire are earning, because of cost-of-living increases and final-year "spiking" of their income, more in retirement than they ever earned working?
I can somewhat understand this with police and fire because they put themselves in harms' way (and sometimes actually risk their own lives) to protect the communities they serve. They should be compensated for that.
Where I have a problem is giving those same perks to government paper pushers.