What right to work would do for NY

http://gothamist.com/2009/10/20/stagehands.php
Stagehand$ Salary at Carnegie Hall Hits Half a Million
You may get to Carnegie Hall through practice, but you get to walk away from Carnegie Hall with a half million a year by being a stagehand at the legendary venue.

Bloomberg News blows the lid off the shocking salaries that Carnegie doles out annually, saying that while “a star pianist can receive $20,000 a night... he or she would have to perform at least 27 times to match the income of Dennis O’Connell, who oversees props at the hall.”

Indeed, O’Connell made $530,044 in salary and benefits last year, and the four other members of his full time team (including two carpenters and two electricians) each took home about $430,543. The site points out that the stagehands “benefit from a strong union: Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees.” Stagehands at the hall do everything from move equipment to prep work on the three stages to operate audiovisual and sound fixtures, and only the Artistic and Executive Director, Clive Gillinson, makes more — earning a whopping $946,581 per year.

“Probably would not happen with a rat governor.”

Not going to happen in New York state, ever.

Wishful thinking by the NY Post.

As much of a chance of getting RTW in New York as there is in Massachusetts or Rhode Island. Which is zero.

We would need a few areas of NY to empty out like Detroit before it would ever be possible.
We would need dramatically less ILLEGAL immigration so that families would not support demon-rat candidates for the promised goodies.
We would need a broke-Albany to not have any money to spend on pork.
We would have to wait until ALL the public school teachers, non-profit directors, public sector employees including COPS & FIREMEN and others (with $100K + pensions) who work for tax dollars to retire and move to Florida, North Carolina and Arizona.
When and if all this happens, then there might be enough power left in the electorate to move the pendulum back to sanity and have a shot at RTW. By then we will all be using renmimbis and speaking Hakka, Wu or Jiu. bu yong xie. ming tian jian!

New York is a beautiful place, but the people are a disaster.

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