1/5/11 A Solution for Public Employee Budgeting Problems

I have recently written about problems of government paying over-market wages and pensions to public employees, amounts that bankrupt government and taxpayers alike

There is a solution. As a starter, publish wage and pension scales, along with fringe benefits of all unionized government workers. List only job description, for the public to see. Let voters know how private earnings and pensions compare to public earnings and benefits, that they, the tax-paying voters earn for comparable work.

If there is to be open government, why hide a major cost? Yet, this part of the budget is always hidden from voters.