I think you need to be a lot more specific in what you're talking about with regard to civil service salaries. I've actually been on municipal boards negotiati

I think you need to be a lot more specific in what you're talking about with regard to civil service salaries. I've actually been on municipal boards negotiating with unions and the salaries definitely were not going up more than inflation. But the amount we were spending on employees was in fact skyrocketing. You know why? Health insurance. Any study showing you one number and omitting the fact that none of that increase actually goes into employees' pockets is lying to you.