Matthew D Rises
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I have always suspected the real reason the Right is after federal government pay is because they want to make it more affordable for the private sector to attract "top talent." From the website;
"It is often assumed that the federal government should have the nation's highest-skilled workers, and that it should pay top dollar to get them. But federal hiring of the very best workers imposes an "opportunity cost" on the economy by drawing talented people away from higher-valued activities in the private sector. Unlike, say, France, where the best university graduates historically have gone into government, the United States has historically prospered because the best and brightest have flocked to places such as Silicon Valley."
http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/overpaid-federal-workers
vinny are these two facts related? can we demonstrate it?
liberals are weak: then the private sector can pay for the top talent.
"It is often assumed that the federal government should have the nation's highest-skilled workers, and that it should pay top dollar to get them. But federal hiring of the very best workers imposes an "opportunity cost" on the economy by drawing talented people away from higher-valued activities in the private sector. Unlike, say, France, where the best university graduates historically have gone into government, the United States has historically prospered because the best and brightest have flocked to places such as Silicon Valley."
http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/overpaid-federal-workers
vinny are these two facts related? can we demonstrate it?
liberals are weak: then the private sector can pay for the top talent.