Romney's Parting Shot

In his withdrawal announcement today, erstwhile GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney couldn't resist one final shot at the federal bureaucracy:

Did you see that today, government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector. Can you imagine what happens to an economy where the best opportunities are for bureaucrats? It’s high time to lower taxes, including corporate taxes, to take a weed-whacker to government regulations, to reform entitlements, and to stand up to the increasingly voracious appetite of the unions in our government!