[GilGil]

It is very obvious that whether we are talking about Phoenix or the Federal government, out of control spending is the means tho destroy any opposition to any government power. Government employees are simply grown as a voting block to overtake the rest of the country once and for all.

[balls]

As Rush said the other day, we have been exploited by government employees, they have taken our hard-earned money in taxes. We should start demanding reparations!

[Nachum]

We must enact laws that prohibit the payment of any public sector job to exceed that of a private sector job. In addition, the public pension system must be entirely voluntary with no contributions from our taxes. Pensions, may never be ‘double dipped’ with a maximum annual amount equal or less than it’s equivalent in the private sector.

It is OBSCENE that any public employee as such earns this kind of money.

[central_va]

AZ is a fairly low cost area. 100K is like 200K in DC.

[Bullish]

And when the pyramid collapses it’s always bloody.

[JusPasenThru]

Ping

[Cheetahcat]

Simple they take a pay cut or get fired!

[Eccl 10:2]

Agreed.

From a quick look:

http://phoenix.gov/budget/finalbudgetrecommendations.pdf

Page 48 (the last page)

Final General Fund
Budget Recommendations

The General Fund revenue deficit of $277.3 million
would have required elimination of 2,800 – 3,000
positions

The Trial Budget deficit of $139.2 million would have
eliminated more than 1,300 positions

The recommended Final Budget deficit of $63.7 million
eliminates about 550 positions

The programs associated with the 750 restored
positions were made possible by the food tax,
employee sacrifices and the Public Safety Restoration Plan

Roughly, those all work out to $100k each. With gold-plated retirement bennies to boot.

Sickening.