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To: MJ who wrote (526911)	11/7/2009 11:57:29 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1576619

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To: MJ who wrote (526911)	2/5/2010 8:54:26 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 1576619

It's Boom-Time for Public Employees By Rich Lowry February 5, 2010 For most Americans, the Great Recession has been an occasion to hold on for dear life. For public employees, it's been an occasion to let the good times roll. The percentage of federal civil servants making more than $100,000 a year jumped from 14 percent to 19 percent during the first year and a half of the recession, according to USA Today. At the beginning of the downturn, the Transportation Department had one person making $170,000 or more a year; now it has 1,690 making that. The New York Times reports that state and local governments have added a net 110,000 jobs since the beginning of the recession, while the private sector has lost 6.9 million. The gap between total compensation of public and private workers has only widened during the downturn, according to USA Today. In 2008, benefits for public employees grew at a rate three times ... Message 26302358