[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Superman

I'm not going to disagree, Len. Eventually, the hill is so steep over such a long period of time, and the Forces of Evil so effective at their anarchistic agenda, that public servants give up.

Rearden, it's not that gubmit workers cannot get a job elsewhere. It's that nobody in the private sector wants to take on that kind of frustration for that kind of pay. If you're a gubmit worker and someone asks you what you do.......you should consider lying. We think of gubmit workers as scum. Low paid scum. When in fact, these managers have such a powerful effect on peoples' lives and business' freedoms that it would make way more sense to pay them MORE than the private sector rather than less, and to respect them for their work and be grateful. Public servants should be MORE respected than private sector folks, not less. There is no better place to apply the talents of a gifted manager than in public service. We NEED.....DESPERATELY......good managerial talent there. Do we get it? Nope. Guess why.

Hear hear. Talent should be paid well. You have people that run MASSIVE BILLION $ government agencies and programs being paid $160K. You have people running small $100M companies paid in the millions. And basketball players (where would society be without them) also paid in the millions. Those are our role models.

Most of the high level gov't functionaries are only doing it to make a name for themselves in their next career. Take an "investment" for a couple of years....it's great experience.