Out of Sync - Public versus Private Pay in Illinois

At a time when one out of 11 Illinoisans are out of work, Illinois's state employees are protesting the fact that they didn't get their third pay raise of the year. This short video is an introduction to the report Out of Sync: Government and Private Employee Compensation in Illinois.

The average compensation for a state employee in Illinois is $69,500 which is 23% more than the private sector worker in the state. Between 1993 and 2008 state employees saw their compensation grow by nearly 18% while private sector workers saw their compensation decline by 2%. All figures inflation adjusted.

To read the report visit: www.illinoispolicy.org/outofsync

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[chums101]

I'm embarrassed to live in Illinois

[ajd1211]

@dijhili Had the GOP controlled Congress, rest assured, the expansion wouldn't have gotten passed. The expansion of the EITC was what helped to spur the growth of the 90's. It gave more money to those who are most likely to spend it, which proves that tax cuts for the wealthy don't work. If you want to spur growth, you give those who are the most likely to spend the money as much of it as possible. 

[ajd1211]

@dijhili Clinton wasn't a radical leftist to begin with. He was a centrist Democrat, that's why he helped to found the Democratic Leadership Council, which is a centrist Democratic organization. I know that Congress controls spending, that's why we're in this mess. Republicans do not believe in opening the purse straps so everyone can benefit. When Clinton pushed through the increase Earned Income Tax Credit, he did it under a Democratic Congress. The GOP didn't take control until 1995.

[dijhili]

@ajd1211 the reason is that Clinton realized he could not run as a radical left, so he centralized and worked with he republican Congress....and let's remember it's Congress that controls spending.

[ajd1211]

@dijhili is that why Bill Clinton lead us through the longest economic expansion in our history? He was in 8 years.

[ajd1211]

downturn.

[ajd1211]

@dijhili not an opton because one company handles the public transportation where I live to get me to the other city where I work, and their routes don't coincide wih my work schedule. Oh, and I can point and criticize the CEO because while he's on a Hawaiian vacation, his workers are making slave wages so he can take that trip to Hawaii. And if you don't want me to criticize the CEO, then you shouldn't criticize unions for wanting the company to honor their contracts, even during an economic

[ajd1211]

@dijhili taxes to the US government. If they paid those taxes, the government wouldn't be in so much debt, which means we could provide the tax cuts needed to middle class Americans who would in turn, spend that money on the goods and services those companies provide, which would drive the demand even further. Oh and just FYI, I don't buy bottled water. I've been in a starbucks only once in my entire life, and I bought a more fuel efficient vehicle. Where I live, taking public transportation is

[ajd1211]

@dijhili You have an Associate of Arts in Economics and you don't understand supply and demand? Let me ask you a question. Which would make more money, a small business that makes shoes that is not open to expansion? Or Nike, which is global footwear provider? When a business sits on profits, rather than using those profits to increase supply to meet the demand, what good are those profits? Money means nothing if you're not willing to use it. They send the money offshore so they don't have to

[dijhili]

@ajd1211 I disagree....the longer this admin is in charge, the further in trouble we are! That's the way politics works!