Haha, well according to your article, we need to pay the lower level government workers 2% less, and those with advanced degrees (like myself) a lot more to make it "equal" to the civilian realm and private sector...
I didn't even have to read an article to know this, as I mentioned it above, but thanks for providing the reference for me.
Now, I may just be an ignorant worker bee, but this quote:
Defined benefit pensions – in which retirement payments are based on a formula involving wages and length of service – are becoming far less common in the private sector.
Makes me think it's the constant whittling down of private sector jobs by execs that is responsible for this, not government pay increases. We are getting off track though, so if there is money to be saved by reducing salaries by 2%, that's not all that bad. I'd rather get the "equality" factor I mentioned above though!
Anyhow, I get it Underover, you steadfastly believe that there can be no compromise until the "other guy" makes cuts first. Thereby, we will never cut anything. I still don't get though how "cutting military budget" (along with everything else) got into military benefits, although I will admit those benefits were pretty good.