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Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by antisthenes on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:16PM (#12737180)
> "Common knowledge" isn't evidence.

But it is. The data for public salaries generally has very good availability in the Information age.

If you're trying to participate in a discussion in an informed way, you should at least conduct the minimum due diligence to do so.

Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by cloverich on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @02:50PM (#12737477)
Common knowledge is by definition not evidence.

> The data for public salaries generally has very good availability in the Information age.

The salaries don't seem particularly high, and in some cases (construction workers and bus drivers, top quarter) seem particularly low. Of course a lot more goes into job satisfaction than Salary but I agree, this is not common knowledge.

http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/construction-worke...

http://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/bus-driver/salary

Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by RandomName2020 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @03:42PM (#12737973)
The point that BUS DRIVERS working for GOVERNMENT make better wages than BUS DRIVER working for PRIVATE sector. Not that bus drivers in general are rich people.
Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by cloverich on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:19PM (#12738266)
Ah. I think you've misread the comment in that case. The argument wasn't that the same job was typically better in private than government sector. It was that the types of jobs typically available in government (like the ones you mentioned) are viewed as less desirable in general, despite having good benefits, shorter hours, etc.
Re:Americans Work 25% More Than Europeans, Study Finds by RandomName2020 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @04:46PM (#12738524)
For white collars yes, for blue collars - definitely no.