The corruption of public “service”
24th May 2008
“The nation is dividing into two classes of workers: those who have government benefits and those who don’t,” USA Today noted in 2007. “The gap is accelerating in every way — pensions, medical benefits, retirement ages.” According to the Congressional Research Service, the pension collected by the average private-sector retiree is worth less than half of what a typical government retiree can expect. If you don’t have your snout in the government trough, you can expect to work ever-longer hours and pay ever-higher taxes and fees to support those who do.