Except the $300k salary is coming out of the pocket of Proctor and Gamble and other advertisers, while the $600 million in public expenditures is coming out of state and local taxes.
Public sector cost inflation and inefficiency at the state and local level hurts the poor and lower middle class the most. They both pay for the excess, and are most reliant on the poor services delivered in return.
(And saying “just tax the rich more” doesn’t fix the problem either. Even if you totally overhaul the state and local tax system, you’re then diverting that money to public sector workers, who are generally comfortably middle class, instead of the people who need it the most.)
Public sector cost inflation and inefficiency at the state and local level hurts the poor and lower middle class the most. They both pay for the excess, and are most reliant on the poor services delivered in return.
(And saying “just tax the rich more” doesn’t fix the problem either. Even if you totally overhaul the state and local tax system, you’re then diverting that money to public sector workers, who are generally comfortably middle class, instead of the people who need it the most.)