USA Today reports on government pay:
The number of federal workers earning $150,000 or more a year has soared tenfold in the past five years and doubled since President Obama took office, a USA TODAY analysis finds....The Defense Department had nine civilians earning $170,000 or more in 2005, 214 when Obama took office and 994 in June....Since 2000, federal pay and benefits have increased 3% annually above inflation compared with 0.8% for private workers, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Link via Mike Allen's Politico Playbook.
