Saturday, September 26, 2009

Regulations costing California big time

Study: Regulation costs California economy almost $500 billion

This is interesting in conjunction with this article from the Cato Institute last month.
Federal Worker Pay Blasts Off
The new data show that the 1.8 million federal civilian workers earned an average wage of $77,143 in 2007, which is 61 percent higher than the $48,035 average in the U.S. private sector. That 61 percent pay advantage has increased from a 34 percent advantage in 2000.