Let's be honest, the reason most of them work for the government in the first place is because they can't cut it in the private sector. It's not like the best and brightest get out of college and think "Boy oh boy, now I get to find a job in government!".
Schwarzenegger is the man!
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Let's be honest, the reason most of them work for the government in the first place is because they can't cut it in the private sector. It's not like the best and brightest get out of college and think "Boy oh boy, now I get to find a job in government!".
Schwarzenegger is the biggest joke to ever hit Sacramento- and we have a history of really shitty Governors.
The fact is that toolbox got elected because a bunch of broke peasants wanted subsidized auto registration. LOL idiots.
The fact is that toolbox got elected because a bunch of broke peasants wanted subsidized auto registration. LOL idiots.
LOL at getting paid $7.25 an hour. Imagine all the government workers with access privileges to personal records - like they're gonna give a fuck? You could probably buy your DMV record clean for $10. This shit WILL happen.
California is a joke...
This state is run by unions who pay politicians to keep them in office to do their bidding and it's been like that for decades.
Who's looking out for tax payers when the unions and these politicians decide to give the union workers a raise every single effing year and bump up their pensions to unsustainable amounts? Shit to this day union workers are still getting raises because of all kinds of fine print written into the union contracts even when other union workers are getting laid off or furloughed.
The government is bloated and it needs to get cut down to size. It's happening all over Europe and it needs to happen here now.
I'm sick and tired of hearing Public School teachers whine about making $70-$80K and listening to them talk about "the children" when the schools in CA are some of the worst in the nation and most people won't even consider sending their kids to these public schools.
And I respect everything that firefighters and cops do but a $100k a year salary is enough they don't also need a 90% pension and healthcare for life for them and their families... People will line up around the block to do that job for $100K
California spent itself into this hole, there's absolutely no sign of tax receipts increasing so it's time to cut the fat.
We all make decisions and just because you paid for a degree does not mean you get a job for life. Since when does a degree guarantee you a job anyway? And part of the reason these fuckers can't run the state are the perpetual raises and increases in benefits that PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS forced upon them.
This state is run by unions who pay politicians to keep them in office to do their bidding and it's been like that for decades.
Who's looking out for tax payers when the unions and these politicians decide to give the union workers a raise every single effing year and bump up their pensions to unsustainable amounts? Shit to this day union workers are still getting raises because of all kinds of fine print written into the union contracts even when other union workers are getting laid off or furloughed.
The government is bloated and it needs to get cut down to size. It's happening all over Europe and it needs to happen here now.
I'm sick and tired of hearing Public School teachers whine about making $70-$80K and listening to them talk about "the children" when the schools in CA are some of the worst in the nation and most people won't even consider sending their kids to these public schools.
And I respect everything that firefighters and cops do but a $100k a year salary is enough they don't also need a 90% pension and healthcare for life for them and their families... People will line up around the block to do that job for $100K
California spent itself into this hole, there's absolutely no sign of tax receipts increasing so it's time to cut the fat.
We all make decisions and just because you paid for a degree does not mean you get a job for life. Since when does a degree guarantee you a job anyway? And part of the reason these fuckers can't run the state are the perpetual raises and increases in benefits that PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS forced upon them.
A degree doesn't guarantee them a job. Not saying it does. They were hired at a certain pay rate. I don't think it's right to fuck over the workers because the politicians can't get their shit together.
I think Schwarzenegger is one of the best governors California has ever had.
He's done some stupid things, and i don't think he's good intentioned with his shrinking-the-state stuff but he's achieved it.
He's done some stupid things, and i don't think he's good intentioned with his shrinking-the-state stuff but he's achieved it.
If you spent 4-6 years getting a degree and going into debt to become a state worker, then I have no pity on you.
State workers tend to be people with lack of creativity, drive and entitlement issues. They want to work a "steady" job that is "protected" and get a "pension". Welcome to 1950. Unfortunately they are 60 years too late.
One of the biggest reasons that California, which has taxes higher than Sweden, when you include property and excise tax, is somehow 19 fucking billion $s in debt despite the affluence that has constantly migrated into the area the last 50 years, is specifically unions and pensions.
This socialist state is being ruined by people that want economic "protection" from the state.
Let them have their $8 an hour. I have no pity on them.
I don't. Going to college to get a job is a ridiculously outdated philosophy perpetuated by colleges and universities for the aim of PROFIT.
I loved college and it gave me a lot of confidence socially. But I was never naive enough to believe that it entitled me to a career.
People that choose to be employees solely have no right to expect "security". They should expect "risk" as they have given up all control.
That is life circa 2010 in the United States of America, like it or not.
I wish they would do a version of this where I live in Nassau County where cops and teachers make over $100,000 and supervisors make $200,000. Their unions pretty much had their way for decades, and result is we have among the highest school taxes in the country. The taxes go up every year even though house values went down. This bunch of overpaid parasites should suck it in like the rest of us and learn to make do with a realistic paycheck.
No, you are NOT worth $110,000 for teaching 10 months of the year.
No, you are NOT worth $110,000 for teaching 10 months of the year.
Think it's a bit extreme to argue that everyone involved in the university system thinks this way. Certainly today profit drives it a lot more than say, 100 years ago. That being said, higher education is overpriced and undervalued.
LOL, my school had the opposite effect.
Most state workers are paid far more than their free-market worth, so a pay cut is definitely in order. California has nobody to blame but themselves - they allow citizens to vote on and pass initiatives without any regard for how to pay for the shit. The state is broken and needs to be allowed to fail like any normal business that is run in such a retarded manner would.
The reality is that this is a political move to get the unions to fall into line. The money will be paid back retroactively and the only difference is that new unionized employees will not get the same pay package that the present ones do.
But to the person who blamed the housing crisis for this, you are a moron.
The politicians saw a pot of money come in as housing prices skyrocketed and spent it buying off constituents and more importantly government employees.
If they has either paid down debt or saved the money coming in, California would be in great shape right now.
Instead, prison employees make 100 grand a year and have gold plated benefit packages while incarcerating a huge percentage of the population to create demand.
California's population voted for the politicains who did this and now they are paying the price. My biggest fear is that those that voted for these programs will move to a low tax state that is in good shape, such as Texas, and start insisting on the same level of government spending.
It is happening in North Carolina as the Northeast liberals are coming down and the government has started spending way beyond their past levels.
Fucking Locusts.
But to the person who blamed the housing crisis for this, you are a moron.
The politicians saw a pot of money come in as housing prices skyrocketed and spent it buying off constituents and more importantly government employees.
If they has either paid down debt or saved the money coming in, California would be in great shape right now.
Instead, prison employees make 100 grand a year and have gold plated benefit packages while incarcerating a huge percentage of the population to create demand.
California's population voted for the politicains who did this and now they are paying the price. My biggest fear is that those that voted for these programs will move to a low tax state that is in good shape, such as Texas, and start insisting on the same level of government spending.
It is happening in North Carolina as the Northeast liberals are coming down and the government has started spending way beyond their past levels.
Fucking Locusts.
I bet the money will only be paid to people who were able to stick around long enough for it to happen, and not to those who had to quit and find other jobs because the pay cut was fucking em over big time on cost of living.
Isn't this what 99% of the population wants though? Or do you posit that a greater percentage wants to be a condescending douche like yourself?
Fuckin a, that's a lot of money for a job that can be with a third grade education. Are cash register jockeys part of some union or is $22/hour the minimum wage for any job there?