"Government Pay Higher Than Private Sector," FutureOfCapitalism.com, March 5, 2010.
"The Government Pay Boom," Wall Street Journal editorial, March 26, 2010.
And the Journal doesn't even mention Politico's story this morning reporting that "Nearly 2,000 House of Representative staffers pulled down six-figure salaries in 2009, including 43 staffers who earned the maximum $172,500 — or more than three times the median U.S. household income."
"Many of these people have a great deal of expertise," explains a spokesman for Speaker Pelosi, Brendan Daly, who makes $172,500.
