“Iowa has held...the top spot among states for the largest Pay Gap between government workers and private-sector workers for over two decades.”

Spike:

All your viewers should take a look at this report from the Public Interest Institute at Iowa Wesleyan College. Our state employees are paid 146.61 percent of what the private sector in Iowa earns on average.

This means when a private sector employee earns $35,256 annually that a government employee will earn a 146.61 percent of the private sector person coming out at $51,688 annually.

What this means is Iowa is ranked #1 in the United States for pay gaps between its private employees and government employees. In other words Iowa government employees are grossly overpaid.

Iowa government is grossly overpaid for the quality of management we receive for our state. Iowa government salaries should be reduced by at least 30% which would bring the state into range of the taxpayer in the private sector. In other words the way it is now the private sector taxpayer is not getting any bang for its buck from state government.

Please read this report.

Totally Disgusted