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<blockquote data-quote="bluehdmc" data-source="post: 807550" data-attributes="member: 18471"><p>Public workers are a good target for politicians. Much like the quotes of GM worker's making $50 per hour, politicians like to talk about excesses in public workers pay. Granted there are excesses, at least in NJ, a prime example is usually a higher ranking police officer retiring cashing out a 6 figure sum with accumulated sick days. Your typical road crew, sanitation worker, doesn't get those kind of payouts. Hoffa's op/ed mentions Gov Christie in NJ, NJ has not fully funded the public employees pension fund for years. This was set up years ago by the Christie Whitman administration, as long as investments did well, local politicians all went along with it because it kept taxes down. Well like every other pension fund the public employees fund in NJ is underfunded, and the bill has become due!</p><p> </p><p>Now the politicians attack the public workers, a relatively small voting block, instead of being honest and raising taxes. (political suicide). Christie Whitman's predecessor raised the sales tax in NJ and lost his reelection. Whitman won and promptly lowered the sales tax rate, this and other moves helped creat the crisis today. It's quite easy to sit in your easy chair and ask for lower taxes, but remember that when you complain, 'Why don't they do something?' about traffic problems, trash removal, potholes, crime, etc, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bluehdmc, post: 807550, member: 18471"] Public workers are a good target for politicians. Much like the quotes of GM worker's making $50 per hour, politicians like to talk about excesses in public workers pay. Granted there are excesses, at least in NJ, a prime example is usually a higher ranking police officer retiring cashing out a 6 figure sum with accumulated sick days. Your typical road crew, sanitation worker, doesn't get those kind of payouts. Hoffa's op/ed mentions Gov Christie in NJ, NJ has not fully funded the public employees pension fund for years. This was set up years ago by the Christie Whitman administration, as long as investments did well, local politicians all went along with it because it kept taxes down. Well like every other pension fund the public employees fund in NJ is underfunded, and the bill has become due! Now the politicians attack the public workers, a relatively small voting block, instead of being honest and raising taxes. (political suicide). Christie Whitman's predecessor raised the sales tax in NJ and lost his reelection. Whitman won and promptly lowered the sales tax rate, this and other moves helped creat the crisis today. It's quite easy to sit in your easy chair and ask for lower taxes, but remember that when you complain, 'Why don't they do something?' about traffic problems, trash removal, potholes, crime, etc, etc. [/QUOTE]
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