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Ron Johnson: “Federal workers on average are compensated higher than…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Ron Johnson on CSPAN's Washington Journal

Published | Video Starts at 16:52

Well, what's happening is apparently a little bit more contribution to the pensions of people in the military, but also for new federal employees. Now, we've held hearings and there are multiple studies showing that Federal workers on average are compensated higher than private sector people. That's a problem. Now, I think we all want to make sure that any public sector worker is fairly compensated. But in business, you learn the concept of benchmarking against your competitors. (16:52–16:58)

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