Public Employees - the outrage continues

It's happening across the country.  People are slowly waking up to the fact that our "trusted" political leaders are anything but. 
While claiming to be working for our interests, the politicians are unabashedly stealing money from the public in the form of outrageous pensions and hyper-inflated salaries.......all in the name of "public service".

    Just today - 
        
            Quinn gives raises, an average of 11% increases, to 235 of his employees .  
    
      In the article, Quinn states that the employees are "entitled" because he's asking them to "do more with less".  Giving an 11% increase in these economic times, when most wages are staying stagnant, doesn't really strike me as having "less".  Of course, the higher wages, will necessarily increase the size of the golden parachute these employees will also enjoy.
        
    From California: 
    Remember last weeks story about the city manager in Bell California (population 37,000)?  He was earning $787,000 in his position.  Citizens were rightfully outraged.  Now that they've uncovered the atrocity, more details have come to light, including the fact that:
        - The police chief was earning $450,000 per year
        - The assistant city manager was earning $376,000 per year
        - And the 4 of 5 city council members were receiving as much as $100,000 per year for their part time positions!  (They've since reduced their compensation down to $8,000 per year).  How generous of them! 


The outrage is growing.  In the next edition, I'll offer some ideas on how this train wreck of a public compensation and pension system might be put back on track. 

 

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