{"id":2611,"date":"2011-06-02T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T20:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2011-06-02T16:44:54","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T20:44:54","slug":"77000-federal-workers-paid-more-than-governors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/06\/77000-federal-workers-paid-more-than-governors.html","title":{"rendered":"77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a title=\"Permanent Link to 77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/visiontoamerica.org\/1142\/77000-federal-workers-paid-more-than-governors\/\">77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a title=\"77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors\" href=\"http:\/\/visiontoamerica.org\/1142\/77000-federal-workers-paid-more-than-governors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.visiontoamerica.org\/2011\/06\/federal-workforce-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"federal-workforce\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>It used to be a parent wanted their son or daughter to grow up and be a doctor, a lawyer, or even president \u2013 someone who would make a lot of money, live in a nice house, and have everything they wanted in material goods.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today, a parent might dump that idea and hope their kid gets a berth on the gravy train of federal employment:<\/p>\n<p>More than 77,000 federal government employees throughout the country \u2014 including computer operators, more than 5,000 air traffic controllers, 22 librarians and one interior designer \u2014 earned more than the governors of the states in which they work.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, from a Congressional Research Service report requested by Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican, were released at a time when public workers\u2019 salaries and benefits are under scrutiny across the country as governments try to streamline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanthinker.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/77000_federal_workers_paid_more_than_governors.html\" target=\"_new\">Post Continues on\u00a0www.americanthinker.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>77,000 Federal Workers Paid More than Governors It used to be a parent wanted their son or daughter to grow up and be a doctor, a lawyer, or even president \u2013 someone who would make a lot of money, live in a nice house, and have everything they wanted in material goods. 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