While Obama pushes for a deal on the debt ceiling, jobs numbers make plain that the focus in Washington is in the wrong place: jobs, not deficits, are the crisis.
The image of the overpaid public sector worker with fat retirement benefits offers a compelling storyline for the Right. But it's a complete fabrication.
State officials have let employees amass vast amounts of leave time and end their careers with six-figure payouts – one topping $800,000, an investigation has found.
