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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Truly a sad development
	Date:	3/12/2010 8:50:16 AM

I think you partially make my point about the difference. Tell someone they can make $150K per year with great benefits and job security and they will take it all day long. Having spent my career there I know the stress, the long hours of work, the job security risk for those making $150K per year in the private sector that simply doesn't exist in government jobs.

Yes at the higher ends there is a difference but I really wonder how many people at the higher ends of the government pay scale actually spend their entire career there versus using it as a springboard to more lucrative positions. I know a good many of the big-firm lawyers making those big bucks came from government. And I know a goodly number of executives in my industry making big bucks came from government. And I would bet the same is true in your business.

But the fact remains that when you compare government apples to private sector apples, other than the top 2%-3% from both it is currently not only much more secure to work for the government but it now actually pays more. And that money comes from the the private sector or they just print it. To me that is wrong. A secure government job with excellent benefits should not pay more than a comparable private sector job, period.