[August]

I think questioning the loyalty of government workers is unfair. They are only doing what each and every one of us would do in a similar situation, which is get the best pay that you can for the work that you do. They are often subject to inordinate amounts of personal scrutiny and micro-management and they are still a heckuva lot cheaper than the contractors that would have to replace them.

The real problem is that normal salary limitations do not apply when the people on the other side of the bargaining table, politicians, are at the mercy of public opinion and are negotiating with other peoples money.