It seems it takes economic hard times to get politicians to address the root cause of our high taxes. Now we see the Shelby County Commission talking abut cutting the lush benefits of our public servants. Their reaction is predictable. They are mad.

I wrote about this in 2005. Here is the article that I wrote at that time after doing an exhaustive and extensive benefit survey and comparison of the City of Memphis, the MLGW, Shelby County and the two school systems. The point of the article was that our public servants were better paid and benefited than the taxpayers who work in private industry. Here is the article and attached is the benefit comparison for 2005. Also shown below is a national news article about the difference between those who work in the public sector and those who labor and pay for their benefits in the private sector.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-02-01-civil-servants_N.htm

 

Click here to see the comprehensive benefit spreadsheet compiled in 2005 for the City of Memphis, Shelby County, MLGW and the two school systems