Public Sector Jobs Shouldn't Be A Way To Get Rich Off The Rest Of Us
Roger Covalt writes at Flash Report about the bloated salaries of some top government bureaucrats and coaches (in state schools, for example), suggesting that their salaries be no more than whatever the governor of the state is paid:
It seems that the people that allowed such salaries have forgotten that the taxpayer, for the most part, pay for these salaries. These salaries, for the most part, come with a defined retirement benefit....If the agency wants to pay their employee more, then the funding sources should be non-taxpayer based. They could be paid by foundations, or for coaches, ticket sales incentives.
Some might say that the only way to bring in talented people and to keep them is to pay them well. Fine, but when you look at the long term picture, can we really afford such salaries? If agencies want to pay such salaries, let them find outside sources. Government needs to realize that they are the public sector and NOT the private sector. The taxpayer should not be forced to pay these huge salaries which they have very little say to.
I will use Janet Napolitano as an example. She supposedly will be making a base of $570,000/year heading the UC system. Governor Brown makes $165,000/yr (December 2012). Under my proposal, the UC system would have to find outside sources of $335,000/yr to fund the rest of her salary (Also I must ask, making that much money, why does she need a car allowance and a house? Her salary should be enough to pay for her housing and car).
Really, there needs to be a massive rethinking of these entitlements.
Our City Councilturds also get a car, and they are allowed to just crumple up any parking tickets they get. At any time.
No, no, no, no, no. Enough.
If they actually had to pay them, maybe a street cleaning violation (forgetting to wake up and move your car on street cleaning day) would still be $25 instead of $70. Sure, punish us for our failing to move our cars, but not to the degree where you're eating up what some people make in an entire day, and in a bad economy.
via @reasonpolicy
Okay. How do you get a coach like Nick Saban to come to your school?
Can you say what the University of Alabama would be like if not for the fame of the Crimson Tide?
Radwaste at September 28, 2013 1:04 PM
I have no idea were the money comes for Coach Saban. As far as I know the SEC is paying each school on the order of $25 million as their share of the TV revenues. In most public schools it comes from TV money, boosters, and corporate sponsorships...
Then take Texas A&M. In the past year, they've raised $740 million, eclipsing the UofTexas number of $453 million for the same period.
What happened? they went to the SEC, generated a lot of buzz, and got a lot of eyeballs, and competed well when the expectation was they would be crushed early and often in football.
Additionally, when they sent out the acceptance letters for the Fall 2013 term, let me turn it over to President Bowen:
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Sports is the way you advertise to your prospective students, and remind the alumni of their student days. Whatever it is that we're paying Coach Sumlin and his staff, it probably isn't enough relative to the value they bring to the table.
I R A Darth Aggie at September 28, 2013 1:32 PM
And I don't give a shit. The state college shouldn't be paying anyone more than the "highest ranking" official in the state. If it is a private college, they have a choice. Public, no. BTW, why is the state running colleges?
Jim P. at September 29, 2013 1:32 AM
Its all about the "professional courtesy" doncha know.
Sio at September 29, 2013 4:37 AM
"Shouldn't be paying..."
If you can SHOW that the money doesn't come from the increase in revenue, OK.
Otherwise you're just bitching about "other people's money" - AND claiming that the market doesn't work. Like Hillary Clinton. Voting for her?
Radwaste at September 29, 2013 5:15 AM
Mitch Daniels (R-IN) appointed a new board at Purdue University over his 8 years as Governor. To return the favors, they hired Mitch as the new President of Purdue University even before his term ended at a $540,000 salary. As Governor, his salary was $108,000 annually, at the end of his term.
To fully disclose, a small portion of the salary is tied to improvements, as judged by the Board.
bmused at September 29, 2013 1:22 PM
No. But if you are a public institution you should be working at the same level as your bosses. If you aren't making enough money working for the government, then find a new employer or take your institution private.
The government should not be involved in anything you can find in the yellow pages.
Jim P. at September 30, 2013 7:38 PM
Okay. Look for "Wanted - football coach for State University. Must have winning record in gruesome competition. Must seek out recruits from all over the country while abiding by scholarship and other legal restrictions."
What do you get and from where? More to the point - who is the head coach's boss?
Hint: it's not really the Governor of that state.
Radwaste at October 4, 2013 11:42 AM
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