Pity The Poor Government Worker, Says The New York Times

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SOURCE: INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY

URL: https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/government-worker-pay-benefits-new-york-times/


The "Newspaper of Record" ran a big story this week that valiantly tried to show how state and local government workers have it so very tough these days.

The 2,240-word front-page story in The New York Times begins by lamenting that, while government jobs used to provide "a comfortable nook in the middle class," those days are gone.

"The ranks of state and local employees have languished even as the populations they serve have grown," the article says. "The 19.5 million workers who remain are finding themselves financially downgraded."

The article goes on to quote Neil Reichenberg, executive director of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources, who says that "it's a tough time to be working in government."

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