tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post5794822205233195169..comments2024-03-28T09:54:55.115-05:00Comments on Dad29: Yes, Public Employees Are OverpaidDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-86489095859688701472011-03-25T16:50:38.241-05:002011-03-25T16:50:38.241-05:00Dad29, the author provided context for that assert...Dad29, the author provided context for that assertion. Read for meaning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-63811270150704156612011-03-25T12:39:52.171-05:002011-03-25T12:39:52.171-05:00Available data can neither be used to measure thei...<i>Available data can neither be used to measure their output nor their ability and willingness to solve problems.</i><br /><br />Easily the most inane and misleading comment made by ANY egghead.<br /><br />I suspect this one was soft-boiled.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-63556710609027412342011-03-25T11:57:50.319-05:002011-03-25T11:57:50.319-05:00Interesting. The egg-head you support vows that t...Interesting. The egg-head you support vows that the study conducted by another egg-head is wrong because a certain group (part-time workers) is excluded. Had that group been part of the study, the numbers are in favor of the claim that "Public sector employees are overpaid".<br /><br />Yet another egg head says BOTH ARE MISGUIDED.<br /><br />blogs.forbes.com/leapfrogging/2011/03/03/wisconsin-public-workers-overpaid-or-underpaid/<br /><br /><br />Money quotes--<br />"In the debate in Wisconsin (and elsewhere) about the compensation of public employees, no statistical analyses can prove or disprove the appropriate level of compensation either. Available data can neither be used to measure their output nor their ability and willingness to solve problems. Comparisons with the private sector are futile because their compensation is determined by negotiating power that public employees rarely have. Rather, public employees fight to have the government increase this power."<br /><br />"Evaluating the statistical features of employees is pointless if outputs cannot be compared."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com