Here in the US, politicians, especially on the right, love to highlight and criticize public employees, especially if their salaries seem too large. But Federal

Here in the US, politicians, especially on the right, love to highlight and criticize public employees, especially if their salaries seem too large. But Federal employees salaries are not too large, barely competitive with the private sector. If you want government to work well, attract talent by paying them what they'd earn outside of it. But all that just comes from an ideological interest in shrinking government so they can drown it in a bathtub. If you make sure government doesn't work well, then you have an excuse for eliminating it.