Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   MM's wish list Date:   1/7/2018 10:01:14 PM

Just to clarify, MM I think that you are only thinking of government workers in the DC area.  Yes, it has a higher compensation level, it is that way because they have a hard time now getting people to move to Washington, the cost of living is much, much higher there.  But there are plenty of government workers outside of DC who aren't making big bucks.  When I was in DC, yes, I made a very good salary - and the reason for that is that I made decisions that could affect the outcome of multimillion dollar deals by industry.  And then I managed the agency I worked at and had 250 people working for me. I had years of technical exeperience and I had years of managment experience.  And that is what the taxpayers paid for.  

I have no idea about State and county employees what they get.  

I know you like to belittle government workers, but I had 17 people that had PhD, and most others had at least a masters.  There is no extra compensation when you work beyond your 8 hours and after a certain level you generally need to.  I don't buy the idea that only lazy people go to work for the government, because I know at leaast DoD, that is not mainstream.  

But beyond the govenment retirement system, a lot of people were left high and dry when companies stopped paying Pensions.  There is a special government agency that works on behalf of the workers to get them some compensation when a company goes out of business, but it is usually pennies on the dollar.  I don't imagine that it feels too good when you have been paying into a pension for a number of years, and it gets blown away into the wind.  I am sympathetic to those when social security is mandatory, then the govenment took that money and frittered it away, and now refer to SS as "entitlement" and say that it might not be there in the future.  So I guess what I am sayhing is that I have no problem if the govenment can figure out how to fix SS, and find a way to help those that lost their penions due to bad managment or companies that left them high and dry.