NY Toll worker salaries..WOW

[pointman]

Originally Posted by Riot

Yes. $60,000 a year for a long-time public employee is terrible. We should be paying them minimum wage with zero pension, zero healthcare, and zero benefits.

Everyone knows it's the bloated former middle class, working 60 hours a week to afford a family and house, that has sucked this country dry.

Out of hundreds of toll workers, "twenty-four toll collectors at the bi-state agency have made more than $80,000 so far in 2011 — payments pumped up by massive overtime. Seven of those workers took in $90,000 or more."

Wow. Truly a scandal. That the toll authority isn't hiring more workers, but letting the workers that earn $40,000 a year work "massive overtime".

Because, you know, overworking current employees, versus hiring more, saves massive money in additional healthcare and pensions - wouldn't want that!

Oh. My. God. What a life of luxury. To earn less than $60,000 a year. With the opportunity to work 60 hours a week if you want a small bungalow and a family life in NY or NJ. If you're lucky and a "top earner".

Typical democrat BS response attempting to turn those who favor cutting costs as opposed to taxing and spending as against the little guy. Feel free to respond to anything I actually said in my post. You realize that your parroting of the Obama position is backfiring against him as well as Americans are waking up to the reality that we cannot continute to tax and spend to fund bloated pensions that people cannot get in the private sector. That is, except those Americans that are union members.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by pointman

Typical democrat BS response attempting to turn those who favor cutting costs as opposed to taxing and spending as against the little guy. Feel free to respond to anything I actually said in my post. You realize that your parroting of the Obama position is backfiring against him as well as Americans are waking up to the reality that we cannot continute to tax and spend to fund bloated pensions that people cannot get in the private sector. That is, except those Americans that are union members.

What is exactly BS about her response? She posted actual facts about the salaries in question. You feel free to demonize middle class workers who make a decent wage through lots of overtime while ignoring the rich who just keep getting richer on the backs of the rest of us. You may be right about one thing, the American public may be beginning to wake up to the reality that it's not the poor and middle class that are the problem...if revolution comes, it won't be to target people struggling to get by, it will be led by them!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by pointman

Typical former-Republican-but-no-longer-a-gullible-sheep response attempting to turn those poor little guys who are taught to bleat loudly blaming unions and public sector workers (SQUIRREL !) for the dire US economic situation, as opposed to those that actually caused it and are stealing their money.

FTFY.