it's good money. >> oh yeah. bill: it's a good time to work for the government. >> look, it's an astonishing increase in high income earners who work for the federal government, a doubling in the number making 150k, just since president obama took office. that really is astonishing. add in basically a job for life, pretty good benefits, and this pay raise that is coming, you've got yourself a clash between the federal workers and their pay scale and the obama administration and the incoming republicans. the republicans want a pay freeze. in other words, no pay increase. and they want to cut the number of federal workers. you've got a big clash coming, and this report is in usa today, this comes just at the moment where the clash is about to arrive. bill: the obvious headline is the federal government is growing. >> oh yes. bill: growing in leaps and bounds for the past five years alone. >> if you work for the federal government you should be happy. by the way, the three wealthiest counties in the united states of america, because of high federal pay,