Here’s one of a thousand reasons the government can’t pay its bills. The average cost for a government employee in December was $60 per hour, or 40.5% more than his or her private sector counterpart.

Benefits to government employees cost 80.3% more.

Biden talks a lot about equity and fairness. How about a level playing field between public and private sector workers? These pay disparities don’t even take into account that unlike working in the private sector, government employees have de facto lifetime tenure in their jobs.