Who are the rubes again?

From Instapundit.

He quotes some interesting numbers:

Average Fed salary 2008 $119,928 + $40,785 employee benefits = $160 713
Average private sector salary $59,909 + $9,881 employee benefits = $69, 790

Anual difference, on average, being in the public sector will net you? $90,923

Let that sink in, all told a goverment worker makes 2.3 times what a person paying them makes. Oh and they have more powerful unions and more job security.

Is this sustainable?

And for extra irony guess who said this: “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.”