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By Matt Cockerill at 6:43AM

Mar 12, 2010

Salaries of the Productive vs. Parasitical Sectors

Should it be any surprise that the latter is bigger than the former?

Overall, federal workers earned an average salary of $67,691 in 2008 for occupations that exist both in government and the private sector, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The average pay for the same mix of jobs in the private sector was $60,046 in 2008,

Angry yet? Consider the (uncounted in the prior number) amount of money federal employees get from "health, pension, and other benefits:"

$40,785 per federal employee in 2008 vs. $9,882 per private worker, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Obama's Hiring: No Private Sector Experience Needed

BigGovernment.com has a nice little article titled "Obama: King of All Statists." It shows a graph originally created from a J.P. Morgan report that was first posted at the Enterprise Blog (blog.american.com) by Nick Schluz. Kinda interesting that the report came from J.P. Morgan, isn't it? I wonder if they received any TARP money and if they did, if they will feel any sort of ACORN or heavy handed reprisals.

The graph shows the private sector experience of Cabinet appointments from 1900-2009. Republicans average around 50% while Democrats were closer to 30%.

Go Michael Jackson!

The King's Spirit Lives on, as the pseudo-tribute movie featuring his rehearsals for a tour he'd never be able to do, is doing quite well. I'm happy to see the film succeeding, but if I see another loser parasite like Peter King speculating about the poor man's personal life again, I will vomit. Apparently it isn't enough that Jackson was never found guilty of anything by the Imperial Courts, because top-level state employees -- as ethereal creatures endowed with the power to decide how many dead children are "worth" a particular policy outcome-- just "know" when a private citizen is guilty of something.

The fact of the matter is that Michael Jackson made money by virtue of his ability to make others happy through his music, while "public servants" like Peter King coerce their salaries while making their constituents' lives worse -- not to mention being complicit with mass murder of innocents overseas. Anyway, the moral outrage of King and other state-friendly "values" types towards Jackson reminds me of the vitriole of career government employee John McCain towards the "for profit" private sector in the 2008 campaign.... The tax-eaters despise the individuality, creative, human diversity, and talent that drives the market.

Ohhhhhh... The power of human jealousy.

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