https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/05/the-underworked-public-employee/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 11:26:51 -0400<![CDATA[[S]upporters of more federal aid implicitly assume that the size of the public sector was optimal before the recession. On the contrary, overstaffing is a serious problem in government, and the best evidence is a simple empirical fact: Government employees don&#8217;t work as much as private employees. If public-sector employees just worked as many hours as their private counterparts, governments at all levels could save more than $100 billion in annual labor costs.]]>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:25:52 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/05/the-underworked-public-employee-n280524