Public-Sector Enemies

Brookings Institution senior fellow Gary Burtless says that the group has raised some valid concerns, but he points out that the Cato Institute's comparison of public-sector and private-sector compensation doesn't adjust for differences in skill levels or the fact that large employers in both sectors tend to pay more. [...] federal rules for state and local pensions could raise constitutional issues, Burtless says, adding that portraying corporate accounting as far superior to government's is "very misleading and incorrect."