Liberals constantly assure us that unlike the evil, profit-driven private sector, government in Washington is all-knowing, trustworthy, altruistic, and all-caring, with respect to the welfare of the citizenry and especially the workforce in all important matters concerning compensation, workplace safety, medical care, education, civil rights, workers rights, labor policy, public health, pollution, fuel prices, energy-efficiency, access to credit, financial regulation, communications, pharmacy, scientific research, and the entire global environment -- to name a partial list. How, then, can it possibly be that top White House budgeteers cannot be trusted to set a "proper wage" in their own budget for the White House's own top "budget wonks," prompting the employees of the Office of Management and Budget to contemplate forming a union to collectively combat their exploitative employer?  Ironically, the OMB Director agrees that...(Read Full Post)