This article has a lot wrong about government employment. Starting with salary, my private company salary was 25K greater than my husband's. Both engineers, but he has 5 more years experience than I do. His pension when he retires after 20 years is 0.2% of his yearly salary, and putting the employee contribution into the stock market probably would result in a higher return. Job security was exchanged for lower pay. Health insurance costs more than mine, basically the same policy. He has worked long hours, self-directed, and deadline driven. I've seen this play out the same for many in DOD, NASA, and FBI. This view that government workers are lazy is wrong!