Comments on: USA Today Lies with Statistics; Falsely Claims Public Employee Pay Is Higher Than in Private Sector http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/ Democracy. Unwashed. Wed, 06 Sep 2023 22:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Travis D. http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-69 Travis D. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:03:20 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-69 5/10 you almost got me 5/10 you almost got me

]]> By: Joshua Holland http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-68 Joshua Holland Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:51:03 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-68 I don't disagree. I'm just making the point that most people tend to take what's being portrayed as a public-private wage gap for granted every day in the private sector. I don’t disagree. I’m just making the point that most people tend to take what’s being portrayed as a public-private wage gap for granted every day in the private sector.

]]> By: Mark http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-67 Mark Tue, 01 Mar 2011 18:48:44 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-67 Of course, Travis! In fact, it isn't even the difference between a degree and no degree. Everyone deserves to earn exponentially based on how much they paid for college. So someone from Harvard, for example, should earn significantly more than someone from a public school. That's the American way. Now, some think college grads should earn more because of what they learned. The degree only proves they learned valuable skills, but it is the skills that leads to the better earnings. Pfff! Yeah, right. Of course, Travis! In fact, it isn’t even the difference between a degree and no degree. Everyone deserves to earn exponentially based on how much they paid for college. So someone from Harvard, for example, should earn significantly more than someone from a public school. That’s the American way.

Now, some think college grads should earn more because of what they learned. The degree only proves they learned valuable skills, but it is the skills that leads to the better earnings. Pfff! Yeah, right.

]]> By: Travis D. http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-64 Travis D. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:49:19 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-64 Great piece, my only minor quibble being this sentence: <blockquote>And if the college grad were in fact paid more, would that be unfair somehow? </blockquote> I get the context, but it seems to imply that a college educated employee is somehow more deserving of a higher wage than someone who did not (or could not) attain a degree. Only 29 percent of adults in America have a Bacehlor's degree- do the rest of us simply eat cake? Great piece, my only minor quibble being this sentence:

And if the college grad were in fact paid more, would that be unfair somehow?

I get the context, but it seems to imply that a college educated employee is somehow more deserving of a higher wage than someone who did not (or could not) attain a degree. Only 29 percent of adults in America have a Bacehlor’s degree- do the rest of us simply eat cake?

]]> By: Dwight http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-58 Dwight Tue, 01 Mar 2011 05:54:21 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-58 Well, it's a 'mystery' AND unconscionable. I mean journalists and reporters are supposed to be skilled at seeing through bogus arguments and distilling the essence - no? Chris Mathews was killing me tonight in his discussion of the so-called Social Security crisis - accepting the premise without so much as a 'First of all - is there actually a crisis?'. Arggggh. Well, it’s a ‘mystery’ AND unconscionable. I mean journalists and reporters are supposed to be skilled at seeing through bogus arguments and distilling the essence – no?

Chris Mathews was killing me tonight in his discussion of the so-called Social Security crisis – accepting the premise without so much as a ‘First of all – is there actually a crisis?’.

Arggggh.

]]> By: Joshua Holland http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-57 Joshua Holland Tue, 01 Mar 2011 04:12:19 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-57 It's a mystery. It’s a mystery.

]]> By: Jeff Bryant http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/03/01/usa-today-lies-with-statistics-falsely-claims-public-employee-pay-is-higher-than-in-private-sector/#comment-56 Jeff Bryant Tue, 01 Mar 2011 03:59:18 +0000 http://dirtyhippies.org/?p=279#comment-56 "This is how people are being misled to believe that public workers are the new welfare queens." Yep! I heard Mitch Daniels make the very same argument on the Diane Rehm [sp?] NPR show the other day and she never countered him on that. Why? “This is how people are being misled to believe that public workers are the new welfare queens.”

Yep! I heard Mitch Daniels make the very same argument on the Diane Rehm [sp?] NPR show the other day and she never countered him on that. Why?

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