Rick Perry Retires (But Remains Governor) To Boost Take Home Salary

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29. This article provides more info than single anecdotes, but it does NOT provide evidence

of widespread abuse or overpayment. It is anything but the kind of systematic study that would be needed to provide that. The limitations in this article are too numerous to recount here. Other than the graph at the top, which focuses only a small subset of jobs whose members are treated differently in different states, the article virtually ignores most state systems and cherry picks what the author doesn't like about one system, then finds something else in another system, without a clear rationale.

The article does not address "double dippers", which you say is your primary concern, and many states either never allowed that in the first place, or eliminated that provision years ago.

And, the primary focus of the article seems to be on how certain groups of "special workers" do much better than other STATE workers, without apparent justification. If the argument is that state workers are generally or commonly getting such great deals, then this article actually suggests otherwise.