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Originally Posted by suesheboy
...and most government employees get paid far less than conventional jobs in the private sector and consider the loss income gap acceptable due to the inherent stability.
Our GI and Government agents get trained and BAIL to go to the private sector to get paid for more for the same job and we as tax payers pay that. That reality seems like it is your logic too.
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Where are the stats on this? I've only seen stats showing the average government employee makes MORE than the average american.
There does seem to be less income inequality from the top and the bottom though.
But everyone should note FDR's statement about government unions:
The desire of Government employees for fair and adequate pay, reasonable hours of work, safe and suitable working conditions, development of opportunities for advancement, facilities for fair and impartial consideration and review of grievances, and other objectives of a proper employee relations policy, is basically no different from that of employees in private industry. Organization on their part to present their views on such matters is both natural and logical, but meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the Government. [. . .]
Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of Government employees. Upon employees in the Federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people, whose interests and welfare require orderliness and continuity in the conduct of Government activities. This obligation is paramount. Since their own services have to do with the functioning of the Government, a strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent on their part to prevent or obstruct the operations of Government until their demands are satisfied. Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government by those who have sworn to support it, is unthinkable and intolerable. It is, therefore, with a feeling of gratification that I have noted in the constitution of the National Federation of Federal Employees the provision that “under no circumstances shall this Federation engage in or support strikes against the United States Government.”
Many states already have "Right To Work" legislation. Write to your local congressman if yours doesn't. Encourage them to introduce it.