In St Louis the Firefighter Disability payments alone consume half the firefighting budget. Firefighters on full disability are operating tree trimming businesses, pouring concrete, playing golf, playing softball, .... And yet the firefighter union is fighting the city on it tooth and nail to keep this corruption going.
Their image as heroes has turned to full tarnish. They are parasites who would rather see their host city go belly up rather than miss a meal. Once these parasites got a hold, they won't let go.
“...the city will likely have to declare financial urgency...”
That sure speaks volumes about cities’ lib-dem-run admins and public unions’ demands.
Thank you for that gem! Every organization has a few bad apples. But it seams to me that you are buying the MSM's attack on all the unions.
Yea, it's the unions fault this country is in the toilet. Good grief.
There was a report last night on "Special Edition" on how Obama (through HHS) is planning to, again, circumvent Congress and waive the "work requirement" of the Welfare Reform Bill that was passed and signed during Clinton's adm. Under the "work or prepare to work" heart of that bill, welfare dropped in half and child poverty dramatically dropped.
Now Obama wants money paid out with no requirement to seek work.
Call your congressman and senators.
All public employee unions must be eliminated to stop this financial rape of available finances. The day is long past when unions were necessary to level the economic playing field. Today public unions serve to afford power and money for a few social thugs with their lemmings.