How Much Should a Government Employee Make?

Article Title: How Much Should a Government Employee Make?

Snippet of Article: "...Which is why PolitiFact was surprised by Scott Brown's claims, which after fact-checking, proved false. Brown used Cato Institute numbers that put the average federal employee's salary at $79,197, compared to $50,028 in the private sector. It's easy to tell right away that those salaries aren't double, contrary to Brown's claim on This Week on Jan. 31, but PolitiFact did even more digging. ..."

Source: www.prospect.org

OPM director considers overhaul of civil service system

Article Title: OPM director considers overhaul of civil service system

Snippet of Article: "...The document dealt with a broad range of federal employee issues and spent a considerable amount of ink justifying why they get paid as well as they do. Federal workers are, on average, an older and better educated lot ..."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com