Comments for USA Today's Government/Private Pay GAP Could be Eliminated by Hiring More Groundskeepers at http://www.cepr.net , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.cepr.net Thu, 23 May 2013 23:11:56 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/usa-todays-governmentprivate-pay-gap-could-be-eliminated-by-hiring-more-groundskeepers#comment-7205 That USAT reporter is a serial offender. It has been explained to him many times that his public vs. private comparisons make no sense, yet he continues to write them. Worse yet, USAT continues to run them. - tgv Wed, 02 Mar 2011 03:13:14 +0100 http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/beat-the-press/usa-todays-governmentprivate-pay-gap-could-be-eliminated-by-hiring-more-groundskeepers#comment-7172 [quote]Most people expect a cardiologist with 25 years of experience to earn more than a 20-year old counter person at McDonalds.[/quote] Not any more. The relationship between performance and pay in the USA is broke. Cardiologists, like so many other 'professionals', coast through their careers on credentials rather than qualifications, and the informational-transactional barrier that protects them from separation of high versus low performance is so high, many of the losers are so overpaid they could easily be 'making what they're worth' at McDonalds. So much for free markets separating losers from winners. - izzatzo Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:55:35 +0100