EDITORIAL: Public-sector unions bankrupting America
Yep that's a fact. And I can prove it by our Property Tax Bills.
Before our mortgage was paid off I never paid attention to them: 'It was in our monthly mortgage payment so why worry'.
But after paying off the mortgage, then having to pay the bill directly I looked veeeeery closely at them. And then my head exploded. At least half of our Tax Bill goes to ..... ta-da .... PENSIONS!
From our Elementary School district Teachers to the 'professors' at the County Community College. And to the Firemen, Police, the Township slugs who I assume do 'work', our Librarians, and even for the guy who reads my water meter -- PENSIONS!
And every year their PENSIONS, and our Tax Bill goes UP by about 10%. But oddly, our income doesn't? Now I admit my mathematical knowledge may be limited as I went to Chicago Publik Skuuls (/s), but when more goes out than comes in... well, it doesn't take Quantum Mechanics to calculate what the end result will be. Either the Public PENSION Increases will have to end or I'll have to stop eating.
And I kinda got used to eating.
We could start by cuting public "workers" numbers by 50%(that is the number of public workers AND the pay they each receive!).