[cherry]

I wish someone would define "low paying" jobs...because cops and teachers all get paid handsomely...all get terrific almost obscene bennies....compared to almost all working stiffs, college education or not....

if govt would stop funding insane ridiculous pensions then present day services would improve dramatically and we would have more than enough police, teachers, etc...

[Durus]

“if govt would stop funding insane ridiculous pensions then present day services would improve dramatically and we would have more than enough police, teachers, etc...”

So walk me through your logic here because it seems to me that you are suggesting that lowing benefits would improve services.

[precisionshootist]

" I wish someone would define "low paying" jobs...because cops and teachers all get paid handsomely...all get terrific almost obscene bennies....compared to almost all working stiffs, college education or not...."

So true. In Texas just drive through the faculty parking at one of the high schools and look at all the Lexus, Cadillacs, Corvettes, BMW's. Those low paid teachers sure do drive some nice cars. I guess they need them since they have a 3 month plus vacation every year.

[Bryanw92]

>>if govt would stop funding insane ridiculous pensions then present day services would improve dramatically and we would have more than enough police, teachers, etc...

The government “funds” pensions because it misuses the fund it set aside as part of a worker”s compensation package so it has to play catch-up later to meet obligations. There is no such thing as an “employer-paid benefit”. Do you really think that lowering compensation provides better services?

[USNBandit]

People think government employees won’t leave their jobs, but police and fire are two with some turnover. They aren’t leaving the profession, but they are moving to departments that pay better. The departments in this article pay poorly, so they get cops that nobody else will hire. A good example of this near me is DC Metro. Most people don’t stay there for a career because the city is rough and the pay sucks. They get some experience and move to the suburbs.

[kearnyirish2]

NJ has a LOT of cops pulling down 6 figures - and they can retire before 50. Our urban cops are probably paid less than suburban ones, because they are often unqualified tokens, and the people they “protect and serve” pay nothing for the protection and service. The suburbs, on the other hand, have to pay cops to contain the mutants that raid along the frontiers of the urban welfare reservations.