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Post by TBELL on Oct 21, 2009 22:09:14 GMT -6
Over 1200 jobs gone. Hardest hit of course are Human Services, Public Safety and Corrections. I seriously would hate to be a guard in Ft. Madison after the layoffs. Are you kidding?? I have been inside that prison, the staff to inmate ratio is already bad, and now this. And those are the worst of the worst. Lifers and other retards. Most of them fucking huge because they do nothing but lift weights all fucking day. Yeah, count me out. I seriously hope no one gets hurt or worse because of this. www.kcci.com/money/21359323/detail.htmlAnd the Gov takes a $7,000 paycut on a $130,000 salary. Fair or not? |
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Post by NOTTHOR on Oct 21, 2009 23:03:56 GMT -6
The Gov only makes $130k? Good luck finding anyone good to take that job unless you are providing one helluva pension.
You know, they can cut a little around the edges here and there, but the pension/healthcare liabilities for which the current working generation receives no benefit have sunk this country. They sunk the car companies and they will sink multiple levels of government. You can't fucking cut them and they are only going to get worse. I think most of us are fairly young and I think we'll wind up seeing days where the government is barely able to provide the types of basic services that are being cut because we have to pay out too much to the retirees. We had a hiccup in the tax revenues and the sky is falling, but once that expense side really explodes, shit is seriously gonna hit the fan. Tax collections ain't gonna go up when the marginal rates hit 80 or 90% all in.
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Post by TBELL on Oct 21, 2009 23:33:43 GMT -6
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Post by Solar Stud on Oct 22, 2009 8:15:11 GMT -6
The Gov only makes $130k? Good luck finding anyone good to take that job unless you are providing one helluva pension. You know, they can cut a little around the edges here and there, but the pension/healthcare liabilities for which the current working generation receives no benefit have sunk this country. They sunk the car companies and they will sink multiple levels of government. You can't fucking cut them and they are only going to get worse. I think most of us are fairly young and I think we'll wind up seeing days where the government is barely able to provide the types of basic services that are being cut because we have to pay out too much to the retirees. We had a hiccup in the tax revenues and the sky is falling, but once that expense side really explodes, shit is seriously gonna hit the fan. Tax collections ain't gonna go up when the marginal rates hit 80 or 90% all in. Sure am glad I just retired from the military....pension is guaranteed, and, is adjusted with an annual COLA. |
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