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jessi, people are afraid to touch police/fire benefits.
“I doubt if it would have been cataclysmic. We are a resilient people.
And we would have rebuilt on a solid foundation. That is not happening now”
DCB
I think you may be right about the first sentence and definitely right about the second.
“that’s not what we did – we actually veered off and T-boned another car on the driver’s side.”
ha ha,
I think we should have veered off and taken the exit to the nearest strip club. 😉
“Police and fire fighters get great pension deals. I would say teachers get an OK one. The wealth of the 90s gave false hope on future finances so sweet deals were handed out for political favors.
What’s the current deal for police, work for 25 years, collect pension for life and in Illinois case double dip for another 20 years.â€
What about in Wisconsin? David Brooks wrote that the police and firemen aren’t part of the reform!
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/opinion/22brooks.html?src=me&ref=general
“Oh, and I want to go to a burlesque show.”
Ya gotta have a gimmick.
bxgrl, sorry for interrupting. I’ll go hide under a rock now.
Oh, and I want to go to a burlesque show.
I think if gov didnt bail out banks, we be doing better we’re no relatively to rest of world. Europe would be in huge hole now – ie us not bailing out would’ve meant some of their banks would’ve gone down or their gov would’ve had to commit a ton more $$$ to bail them out. bankers would’ve formed new banks by now and killer balance sheets too and probably less regulation restrictions.
Police and fire fighters get great pension deals. I would say teachers get an OK one. The wealth of the 90s gave false hope on future finances so sweet deals were handed out for political favors.
What’s the current deal for police, work for 25 years, collect pension for life and in Illinois case double dip for another 20 years.
“wendybear- we really must speak with you privately (your tiara depends on it) :)”
I bet you can figure out how to contact me… I have a handle.
and I LOVE google. 😉