This article will make it difficult to muster any sympathy for federal workers (loosely defined) facing Trump’s salary freeze. From Daniel J. Mitchell at mises.org:
President Trump has proposed a one-year pay freeze for federal bureaucrats, which has reinvigorated the debate over whether compensation levels for the civil service are too lavish.
The Washington Post opines this is nothing but “government bashing,” but this chart from my former colleague Chris Edwards should be more than enough evidence to show that federal bureaucrats have a big advantage over workers in the economy’s productive sector.
