Here in California the government unions have completely bankrupted the state and treat the taxpayers as their personal ATM.
Will embed the video when I find the link explaining it but here is the youtube address.
www.youtube.com... (this video was in regards to a proposed rate hike of 28% on the consumer- more about that later)
This arrogant, protected entitled untouchable attitude is the same one you will find every time you go into the DMV and it escalates when you enter
a government building where people have actual offices. If you are ever in Los Angeles just drop by the headquarters of the LA unified school
districts (Just as an example- there is massive waste in every department) Count how many people are in their cubicles, of those how many are
actually working and of those how many of them are working on something that will save money or help the children actually ‘learn’
Thanks to Governor 'Moonbeam' Jerry Brown who among his many mistakes that hurt the people allowed the government & city workers to unionize back
the 'first' time he was governor.
For years there was a common perception that civil service jobs paid less than comparable private jobs in exchange for job security and pension.
Well guess what…
People in the public sector jobs are paid across the country 29% better than people in private industry doing comparable work. In California the
ratio is I think 37% better.
They can’t be fired, their health care is incomparable to anything you or I have access to, the get every holiday known to the world off. And their
pension is 90% of their last year worked so they work massive overtime that last year and retire at 50 with 190% of their working salary.
I think that it is beyond time that we pull a Ronald Reagan/ aircraft controllers strike solution on the government sector workers and terminate
them all and replace them with independent contractor companies.
A private school provides a better education than the public school system does
Privately contracted armed security guards will protect your property far better than what the city police force is motivated to do.
If you bought your water/power from a neighbor with a well/generator it would not be ‘flouridated’ or subject to tiered rates.
[edit on 4-4-2010 by ..5..]
[edit on 4-4-2010 by ..5..]