I like the third world analogy.  And Portland Public Schools giving raises of more than the average annual social security benefit to three dozen administrators "because we have to be competitive or they will leave",  paints a pretty good picture of the Oregon problem:  Government,  for government,  by government,  for the benefit of those who work,  vend to,  or are retired for government.  

And to  Kotek, Hass,  Brown,  I would offer "....and the horse you rode in on."

Do you think none are replaceable,  with qualified younger, perhaps smarter,  people?  For the same money or less?   If not,  we are doomed anyway.  Our Great Experiment a failure?   Where did it say tax the populace to make life better for government employees than it is for the citizenry?  It doesn't.  Only in third world failed democracies and dictatorships does that model survive.