Fox's Bolling Resurrects Falsehood That Federal Employees' Compensation Doubles That Of Private Sector

Fox Loading... 's Eric Bolling Loading... repeated a long-debunked talking point that federal workers' total compensation is twice that of private-sector workers. In fact, the comparison does not account for occupation, education, or experience, and government salaries are based on private-sector pay for comparable occupations in a given region. Bolling Falsely Claims Federal Workers Make Twice Private-Sector Counterpa...
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Fox's Eric Bolling repeated a long-debunked talking point that federal workers' total compensation is twice that of private-sector workers. In fact, the comparison does not account for occupation, education, or experience, and government salaries are based on private-sector pay for comparable occupations in a given region.

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