If we allow a bailout of these states, we are truly doomed as a country...
California Democrats are paring back the public employee extravaganza a bit while they destroy the economy with shutdowns, but if the federal government bails them out with US taxpayer dollars, the party's back on. I'm a Californian, but I hope some sanity prevails and Congress does not provide condition-free money to the loons who rule this state.
In fairness if you make $100,000 a year then in much of California you’re poor.
You could fire them all, and nobody would notice
If we allow a bailout of these states, we are truly doomed as a country...
Do you want to end coronavirus for good, and completely eliminate it?
Simply stop paying teachers, and stop paying government workers during shut-down period.
I guarantee the SEIU, AFSCME and the teachers unions will force state government re-openings the next day, they will deny coronavirus ever existed in the first place, and the media will never speak of it again.
Why would people in Iowa, Kentucky and Arkansas want to pay more taxes or assume more debt to bail out California?
2 - Raise minimum retirement age to 62
3 - Disallow "buying" years of service
However the Governor has no problem writing big checks to the illegals. Also spending a $billion on surgical and N95 masks to a electric car company in China who has never made a mask. Lots of money upfront in that deal. Also the first batch of surgical masks did not pass inspection at the Utah testing facility.
I get why there is an agreement that private pensions are done this way. Seems like with public pensions they could have taxed them no matter where the individuals resided.
I have family and friends who work for the state and county. They are sitting at home doing nothing and still getting paid.
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This is been known for many years and is not a dispute
I once saw a list of all the agencies with these no nothing show up once a year and get paid $100,000 and it’s pages and pages and pages long this wildlife commission bad commission on this this commission on that it’s amazing
The CA public servants became their masters.
Solution: Cut government staffing by 20%, reduce government pensions and benefits by 20%
Nothing will ever change politically in California because of the large numbers of people pulling down double- and triple-dipping paychecks from various public tits.
There are enough government employees in CA to keep electing Dems forever.
A federal bailout will only perpetuate and further enable this un-American cesspool.
There should not be a single additional virus dollar sent to CA.
It is the very policies of those in power who have destroyed the state.
Dear Governor Newsom, here’s why there is no sympathy for California going bankrupt:
California Is In Trouble – 340,000 Public Employees With $100,000 - Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $45 Billion
Let that sink in.
Respectfully,
Mark Davis
As a fellow CA resident, I say no Federal bailout dollars to this state.
CA does not need it.
It’s bloated, has enough money to send checks to illegals and give them free healthcare too.
And don’t get me going on the public employees.
I suggest everyone read the Forbes article.
This is why Pelosi’s latest mess of an aid bill will go nowhere. This debt was incurred by the idiot rats running CA. It’s their responsibility and none of our heard earned tax dollars should be used to bail them out.
VERY glad I don’t live in CA.