Quote Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner View Post
With decreases in pay, years of no raises as the revenues are not there [[not due to doing a bad job mind you), increases in medical copays/ deductibles/ % for the plans, and the elimination of other benefits most public servants are making far less now than they did seven years ago....snip...
So its widely acknowledged that the total cost of payroll related expenses in all levels of government is increasing. And the number of public servants is steady or decreasing.

Somebody's getting more. May not be you. But that doesn't mean the system is working.