Thursday, October 20, 2011

Living in the Real World




Have you ever wondered where the wealthiest metropolitan area in the USA is? If you would have guessed 'The Silicone Valley' of San Jose California you would have been right, a few years ago. We read so much about the steady increases in not only the size of government, but also in government salaries as compared to the private sector. A raise in the private world has to come from an increase in business activity and profits, whereas increases in a bureaucrats salary come from an administration out of touch with reality. The Washington DC metro area is now the leader in average salaries in the whole country at $84,523.00, $34,000.00 above the average for the whole country.  Within the area, federal workers averaged $126,369.00 up more than $4,000.00 from just last year alone.  Last year, Washington also had more lawyers per capita at one for every 12 residents. In New York state the figure was one out of every 123 residents while in California, it was one in 243.
This is the kind of thing that OWS (Occupy Wall Street) proponents read and it adds fuel to their fire. The governments of the world are either in debt or on the the brink of bankruptcy, and yet they keep giving themselves raises. There is not even a hint of austerity measures that are so badly needed to get the economy back on track.
PS Did you know that a life guard on the beach in sunny California has a salary of over $100,000.00 before any overtime?


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