NY Post: Blame the Garbage Bosses
Today in blizzard finger-pointing: “Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts — a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned. Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south…
Today in blizzard finger-pointing: “Selfish Sanitation Department bosses from the snow-slammed outer boroughs ordered their drivers to snarl the blizzard cleanup to protest budget cuts — a disastrous move that turned streets into a minefield for emergency-services vehicles, The Post has learned. Miles of roads stretching from as north as Whitestone, Queens, to the south shore of Staten Island still remained treacherously unplowed last night because of the shameless job action, several sources and a city lawmaker said, which was over a raft of demotions, attrition and budget cuts.” The subject line of the email from a reader yesterday morn that included this photo: “This is Fulton street?”
Sanitation Department’s Slow Snow Clean-Up Was a Budget Protest [NY Post]
I don’t know if this is old news because I was out of town and only following this a bit, but WCBS picked up a version of this story yesterday, reporting that an unusually high number of sanitation workers called in sick Monday and Tuesday after the storm.
I’ll debate it any day of the week…
and BTW the number of uninsured is at an all time high….and this is not from a known liberal news source
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-17-uninsured17_ST_N.htm
It always nice to say there is no access crisis…when you have insurance….
lets do away with rent controls so the nice landlords have whatever they want…
“Those leaving are being replaced by people producing less tax revenue per capita.”
True, but it doesn’t mean those leaving are doing so because of tax rates. Find a study that clearly states that’s why people are leaving and I’ll admit I’m wrong. Everything I’ve seen has people moving for things like work, lower cost of living (housing, food, etc), and quality life, but taxes don’t even make the top reasons.
H, we’re allowed to say it because we have to live with it. In my case…24 years. Oy.
Happy New Year, Liberals!
Unions used to represent their members. Not the case anymore. Too many examples of private sector businesses that have gone down in flames because the Union (representing its members) were unwilling to make concessions when the balance sheet warranted it. Often conflicting with members opinion. Unions have become a business within a business which becomes a conflict of interest.
With the exception of Ford motors, I cannot come up with a single private sector example of a business that is mostly run using Labor Union workers that exists profitably without substantial tax funded subsidies, stimulus funds or government intervention (opposing fair trade agreements).
Concessions at the bargaining table are often made as payment for political support or leveraged with delayed effective dates (usually after current politicians term expires) similar to many provisions of the Healtn care reform bill.
Slightly off topic, I find it extremely interesting that the three top monetary campaign contributors to the past midterm elections were labor unions (wasted money, opposed by members). Also the biggest public supporters to the Health care reform. Now all have gotten waivers from participating in the program. What gives?
I also find it interesting that Labor Unions are lobbying for legislation that would allow them to close their books to their members. Wa?
As Kevin Keith says, conservatism is like the moral equivalent of a logical contradiction: you can’t really debate it; all you can do is point it out. Those who understand will see, and reject it; those who don’t will continue in ignorant and or deliberately obtuse rants.
No, the liberals are not going to debate it because thay cannot. Typical of one to call it ignorant instead of debating it. So very typical.
Rh, oh aye, they’re the mope.
Am I allowed to say that or is offensive?
From “The Return of Thrift” by Phillip Longman in 1996:
“While debate rages in Washington over dismantling welfare, few realize that the “welfare state” properly understood encompesses much more than aid to the poor. There is a vast and hidden “middle calass welfare state” in this country, which provides comfort and security for tens of millions of Americans in the form of home mortgage deductions, Medicare, Social Security, veterans’ benefits, and well-paid government and military jobs. It is precisely this huge entitlement structure that is the source of our most serious long-term economic problems. As the Baby Boom generation ages, public and private pension systems will be taxed to their limits, government spending will spiral out of control, and health care will be priced as a luxury good.”
Pretty prescient, no?
If I were to urge folks to read one book, it would be this one.
Heather, yeah, they’re complaining about their economy being in the dumps, but that isn’t stopping them from taking trips to Spain. And let’s face it…the Celtic Tiger didn’t really suit Ireland. They are happiest when they’re miserable. 😉