What a Crock!

I've been reading about SD's financial mess. The public sentiment around SD is that the city employees are to blame for this and the "high powered unions" who represent them are even more responsible. If the unions hadn't asked for wage increases and pension benefit increases then the City would be just fine! YA RIGHT! The unions are looking out for their own. They are not responsible for granting benefits the City can't afford! If the CITY couldn't afford to give the wage/pension increases, they shouldn't have done it! The union only asked for what they wanted and what the employees deserved. If the benefits increases were agreed to and only later it was discovered that the City couldn't deliver, it is not the employees' fault. They go to work every day, just like the rest of us. They have families to support, just like the rest of us. They have to cover those family members' health care costs. Most City employees make just enough to keep their heads above water. It makes me sick that these hardworking, dedicated people are being blamed for the City's downfall. RIDICULOUS! I think I might want to pack up and move to Cuba for good!

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famigly said…
Horray for communism!!!
9/11/2006 4:02 PM
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