Lend a hand to underpaid

Wed., Aug. 25, 2010

I agree with your editorial advising that we rein in government employee compensation packages (Aug. 17) and would go even further and suggest that any government employees making more than $100,000 in wages and benefits should have their total compensation package frozen until we can balance the national budget and until we have achieved full economic recovery (until unemployment is back below 5 percent). But with the following caveat: Any Americans making less than $10 an hour with decent medical and pension programs be immediately given raises to that level.

I’m sure any fair-minded Americans (if there are any left) would agree to these modest and humanitarian proposals.

Bill Betz

Newport, Wash.

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