claim: says that in 41 states, government workers "are better paid than the taxpayers who support them."
author: mitch daniels
evidence_1: nov 14, 2014 ... state smart says connecticut received about $41 billion dollars ... and wages  and other benefits to federal employees who work in the state. ... government  giving them much more money than they pay in taxes. ... steve ellis, vice  president of taxpayers for common sense, said recipient states tend to have ...
evidence_2: says that in 41 states, government workers "are better paid than the taxpayers  who support them." — politifact texas on thursday, april 21st, 2011. false.
evidence_3: may 22, 2012 ... with the social security trust fund exhausting faster than expected, ... its head:  social security benefits rest on fewer and fewer taxpayers. ... in the early stages  of the program, many paid in and few received ... between 1945 and 1965, the  decline in worker-to-beneficiary ratios went from 41 to 4 workers ...
evidence_4: apr 13, 2015 ... low wages cost u.s. taxpayers $152.8 billion each year in public ... that  finance the public assistance programs many of these workers and their families  turn to. ... public support programs are members of working families; the  taxpayers ... in all, more than half—56 percent—of combined state and federal ...
evidence_5: apr 13, 2018 ... earvin gonzalez assists an undocumented taxpayer in suburban ... immigrants  who are authorized to work in the united states pay the same taxes as us  citizens. ... those undocumented workers paid taxes for benefits they can't even  use, like ... many are hoping it will help them get legal status one day.