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F.O.A.D.

On 7/21/13 7:53 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 07:43:15 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 7/21/13 7:30 AM, wrote:

My private sector pension is about a third of that and I have to pay
taxes on it. It would not break my heart if I was a citizen of that
northern city and they trimmed a little off that pension ... and my
tax bill.

That's really funny. The retired cop's employer negotiated a contract
with his union and you want to bust that agreement because he has an
almost decent pension from his former employer and you don't.

Those "negotiations" are basically coercion with the tax payers being
the victims. They have no say in the contracts but they get stuck with
the bills ... or they simply move away as the people in detroit did.

Negotiations with public employees are done under the direction of
elected public officials.