You forgot the “swallow all liquids and put down the cat” warning between the post I quoted just above and this one.
Not that I know of.
Let’s be kind. Oh, it’s Huffpost. Of course it’s another bit of dumbassery.
But as to your first point- yes, that is exactly what was being done.
I have shown that they have substantially different income from non-federal workers. Do you think income might have some bearing on whether one lives paycheck-to-paycheck or not (or on how much one has in savings)?
Or do you think the same percentage of one-percenters and those below the poverty line are living paycheck-to-paycheck?
Can you think of a reason why government employees making the same salaries would have substantially different patterns of savings than their private sector counterparts? Because we know pretty well the savings rates of people at various incomes.
Your post (#31) wasn’t comparing people “making the same salaries”. <— that’s the whole point!
You were comparing the median American with the median government employee. And those two have substantially different incomes.
Was your point to nitpick my post, or contribute useful information?
Contribute useful information. The whole central idea of that post has a gaping hole in its logic. It’s an error that was repeated by Whack-a-Mole in post #39 (and somewhat in #35).
And you believe your cite was a fair and accurate representation of all the various studies that have occurred on comparing public and private sector pay?
I believe “all the various studies that have occurred on comparing public and private sector pay”, when looked at in the aggregate, show a substantial difference in compensation for the average federal employee vs the average American. Do you agree?
(Note: I understand why that is. You don’t need to tell me about “grunt minimum-wagers” vs “mostly specialized-skill white-collar” jobs. I already get that. It’s irrelevant to the point I was making.)
That is a meaningless comparison.
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No. But the premiums will accumulate and be deducted when you get paid again. Cite. If you get back pay, this presumably would not be a big deal.
Earlier in this thread, I was told this:
Do you understand that having different incomes makes them “substantially different from non-federal workers in some respect that bears on this”?
Maybe you should start a debate thread about this.
As already pointed out, government workers have better job security than private sector workers. Which means they have less incentive to build up a cash saving for emergencies - because it’s highly unlikely for them to suddenly lose their jobs. A government shutdown resulting in more than one missed paycheck is unprecedented in US history.
I’m reasonably confident that you, at least, have understood the point. I’ll drop it.
Apology gratefully accepted!
:smack: perhaps my optimism was misplaced 
Stop it, now you’re embarrassing me with all this fulsome praise.
Ok, just one more comment would be fine.