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Well I won't comment on that since political discussions are not permitted on this site. I did, however spot a big error in one of your claims.

They created a federal bureaucracy answerable to no one, with pay and retirement benefits triple those of the general populace

The source you cite, whether accurate or not, claims 44% greater pay and benefits. That's not even close to the triple (300%) you claim. The problem with this type of error is other people read it and assume it's correct.









Point taken. I stand corrected.

That said, I still submit that a 44% difference in pay and benefits is egregious. Actually, it's closer to 50%, or twice that of the private sector.

http://www.cato.org/pubs/tbb/tbb-0605-35.pdf

In future, I will pay closer attention to my statistics. Good catch.





Regards,


Bob