public sector jobs WERE low paying [and some still are]. when public employees left their positions for jobs in the increasingly successful private sector, the public sector was placed in a position of 'catch-up'. public sector salaries today are generous - but public employees are not collecting bonuses and profit-sharing checks and participating in stock option plans as some private sector employees are doing. and the vast majority of public sector employees do not have expense accounts and corporate transportation...only the elite executive officers in govt have those perks.

you would have to show me statistics to prove your statement that public sector salaries are twice that of their employment equivalent in the private sector - back it up with fact and not the words of someone who wrote some article somewhere.

i choose to ignore your tired old rant that public employees work for the private sector - it is boring me.

and as far as getting my public employment from a politician or a crony - you show your ignorance AGAIN. i took an employment test for my first position with the state of nj and was placed on a list to wait for a job opening. i then interviewed and was one several new hires. after successfully completing my six month working test period and achieving permanent employment status, i was permitted to apply for promotions when the positions became available; but before i could be interviewed i had to take a promotional exam and get on another list! had i not placed as one of the top three candidates - i mught never have been promoted!

loveithere - i have enjoyed pointing out your misconceptions of me and of life in the public sector. i had hoped to provide some enlightenment into both subjects. however, your CONTINUING demeaning of and disdain for public sector employees is a drone with which i cannot abide. you give me a headache! therefore, may i bid you and your lack of gratitude adieu!