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Spooky23 on July 29, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and ...

Government employees had sweet benefits and awful pay in the 80s. Inflation really killed them in the 70s and early 80s.

As the benefits got more expensive, salaries came up.

kswahl1 on July 29, 2018 [–]

I think you've got it backwards. Pay was good and benefits were shit. Increasing benefits and stagnant wages plagues public employees these days. Take the Houston Fire Department for example.

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