<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Public vs Private Jobs,&nbsp;Ctd]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>A reader writes:</p> I doubt I&#39;m the first one to write in about this, but the database you <a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/publ.html">posted here</a> doesn&#39;t contain any data that would help meaningfully answer the question about whether government workers are overpaid. It&#39;s true that in nearly every county Federal, State, and Local workers ON AVERAGE make more than non-government employees, but we have no way to know whether these are]]></html></oembed>