Are government workers overpaid? According to many observers, the notion that government workers are living high on the hog is a myth<\/a> [as reported recently by Madonna Gauding on Occasional Planet].<\/p>\n

President Obama\u2019s recent freeze on federal workers\u2019 salaries was aimed, ostensibly, at trimming government spending. But the net effect of that move\u2014which addresses a minuscule fraction of government expenditures and is seen as misguided by a chorus of critics<\/a>\u2014has been to add credibility to the prevailing propaganda that characterizes government workers as earning more than their fair share.<\/p>\n

If you agree with George Lakoff\u2014that facts don\u2019t matter in today\u2019s political climate<\/a>\u2014stop reading here.<\/p>\n

But if you\u2019re a fan of documentation, a recent post by Congress.org will be of interest. Congress.org has taken a hard look at federal employees\u2019 salaries<\/a>, and concludes: \u201cHow well do the best-paid federal employees<\/a> do? Pretty well, compared to the rest of us, but still far below the millions received by the best-paid workers in the private sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

The salaries for the top five jobs range from about $199,000 to the mid-$200,000s. [Example: the job listed as the second highest paying among non-elected positions is\u00a0 Chief Medical O<\/strong><\/a>fficer, Department of Veterans Affairs, with a salary of: $220,382.] <\/strong> Considering the responsibilities that go with that job and the other top four, the salaries\u2014while an enviable chunk o\u2019change for most Americans\u2014aren\u2019t that generous, compared to what might be expected in the corporate world.\u00a0 Click on the link, and decide for \u00a0yourself. If you’d like to do more research, you can go to the original source, the U.S. Office of Personnel Management [OPM], where you can rummage through 2010 Pay Tables for Executive and Senior Level Employees. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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