Thank you NJ 101.5

I get on these kicks.  Usually I listen to my satellite radio for music.  But lately I have been listening to talk radio.  Every so often I listen to NJ 101.5 and then I get tired of it and stop listening for a bit.  Now is one of those times I am listening all the time and I don't know why.  They mostly talk about politics in New Jersey and we all know how politics in NJ go.  Yesterday morning driving into work I was listening to Jim Gearhart.  He is this real old conservative guy who pretty who thinks public employees are the drain on NJ's economy.  Not the employees themselves but their benefits, contracts, union reps, etc.  Anyway, he was speaking about this Director of technology in Bergen County that was suspended due to over expenditures of travel and other items using monies from his department.  He has then retired.  His pension is going to pay him roughly $144,000 a year and when he cashes out all unused sick/vacation/compensatory time he will cash out about $480,000.  To me that is A LOT of money.  It makes me think what did I do wrong?  Well first it makes me think this is why this state is in a financial crisis and then I think what did I do wrong?  The way I am going I am never going to make a salary remotely close to that.  Even though I work in "education" I do not get those perks of being able cash out sick time or vacation time.  I don't even get to carry them over!  I need to figure out a way to make my job work for me.  The question is how.....so thank you NJ 101.5.