Let me break it down for you.
Statistically speaking, government employees are paid 20 to 25% more than their private market counterparts whilst being extended lucrative pension obligations.
This disparity in costs throughout government employment creates a tax burden on the private sector (one which has been increasing exponentially for the past several decades.)
Now, with that said, government employees HAVING
20 to 25% more expendable income than their private counterparts creates a problem twofold.
Foremost the tax burden places an impetus on state and federal government to increase taxation on the middle class poor, and by extension causes government to necessitate increased tax bills to offset these bloated costs of their employment and retirement programs
Secondly, the public worker, by and large votes in agreement with increased taxation because they are in a different financial situation than their privately employed counterparts (this is where you often hear the "well, i dont mind spending a little more in taxes so that blahblahblah" comes from)
Of course you dont mind, the public worker generally has MORE money than their privately employed counterparts working in an identical industry
My ex father-in-law works for one of the cities surrounding san jose in their sign shop, running a cnc and applying vinyl. He makes 105k/year and has a 3% of his salary per year lifetime pension obligation qualified after 15 years employment and has worked there for 32years and just hit the 95% cap and retires with 95% of his salary for the rest of his life.
I used to do purchasing and operations in a private industry signage manufaturer that does industrial signage manufacturing. Their shop laborers made about 16$ / hour for doing the exact same job with no long term benefits. The supervisors that were working the floor with 10 to 20 years experience were making 24/hr or salaried in the 55k range. The foreman was paid 60k.
So, youll have to excuse us if we dont really give a fuck about the government being shut down. Youve had no qualms with increasing the tax burden on the private sector that supports the public sectors expenses. Maybe next time you have a candidate running on a platform of taxation such as AOC you dont vote her in to fuck the rest of us DOWN HERE
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