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To: Carry_Okie
75% of the City’s costs are for salaries and benefits.

That is what should finally convince voters everywhere that we need massive, drastic change. Basically, the government cannot provide the services we pay taxes for because the money is going to payroll and pensions for people who are supposed to provide them. When they complain there is no money to provide the services they are right... they took it all home in salary and benefits.

Atlas will shrug. The private sector producers but especially the private sector employees who do substantially the same or even more difficult and demanding work than public sector employees but can't earn anywhere near the same salary and benefits will revolt. They are being asked to pay employees who can't provide the services their taxes are meant to pay for! It's a raw deal, a bad bargain, and it can't last much longer.

44 posted on 08/01/2012 11:45:12 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: monkeyshine
That is what should finally convince voters everywhere that we need massive, drastic change.

Much of that is hard to do because so much of the policies that enlarge the personnel roles are driven by court decisions.

47 posted on 08/01/2012 11:49:08 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party Switcheroo: Economic crisis! Zero's eligibility Trumped!! Hillary 2012!!!)
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