Garden State Patriot

Liberals love to talk about widening economic gaps, such as ‘rich vs. poor’ or ‘men vs. women.’ Well, there is a real widening economic gap out there. It’s just not one that liberals would like you to know about. It’s the gap between private sector workers and public sector workers.

Check out these 2 graphs from Cato. If this doesn’t sicken you, I don’t know what will.

A $30,000 gap in wages and a $60,000 gap in wages+benefits. And these workers no doubt retire much earlier than the rest of us private sector saps.

Did I say ’sickening?’ If I didn’t quite say it, I am saying it now.

Cross-posted at Conservatives with Attitude!

I came across this very educational slide show over at the Publius Forum. As the presentation explains, if the American Dream is dying it is being caused because the government is spending too much of our money. And considering all the money the government is spending on bailouts now, as well as the coming retirement of the Baby Boomers, the prospects for sustainable economic growth don’t look great.