If Only Everyone Was Above Average, We Wouldn't Have This Problem

Blogging over at the Federal Times, "The one-stop news and information service for Federal Managers," Gregg Carlstrom casts skepticism on Reason's current cover story about the "Class War" between the public and private sector, then asks this:

Even if we concede that public sector wages are now significantly higher than private sector wages, we should ask: Is that because government employees are overpaid, or private sector employees are underpaid?

That's certainly one way of looking at it.