Research Refutes Emmer Claims About Government Pay

30 to 40 percent more in pay for people working the same job in government than in the private sector? It's a claim made by Republican candidate for Minnesota Governor Tom Emmer and then repeated by his fellow Republican, current Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. The answer, despite the USA Today article Governor Pawlenty cited, is no, that's not a fact. CBS news examined the story and found the analysis was left out a lot of factors. An MPR analysis of Emmer's and Pawlenty's claim found the numbers "misleading" and called the claim "inconclusive" mainly because Emmer's office later "clarified" that he was talking about total employee compensation, which would include benefits. However, during the debate, Emmer made it clear he was not including benefits when he made the claim. "Not only do our public employees make on average 30 to 40 percent more than private sector employees in the same positions or similar positions, but then they have health care insurance that's gold plated health care while people in the private sector are lucky if they're keeping it. And then you get to the pension aspect. Those defined benefit plans, they get the guarantee of their future while the rest of us if we are lucky enough to have a 401K plan are watching it ride the roller-coaster of the market and we're either delaying retirement or we're wondering if we're going to be able to retire."

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[lookylu59]

Can you include that information in the video? If I just send out the video, they only get his claims. 

[ClintfromNYtoVA]

put your 401k ir Roth IRA in gold and silver bars and watch it go up from here. No ETFs or stocks. just bullon, Accept payment for goods and services in gold and silver and use as little of the PTBs paper money as possible.