Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
Posted on 08/17/2007 9:09:14 AM PDT by dashing doofus
Below is the state payroll as of April 2007, listing projected salaries and earned income from last year. This list, to be updated periodically, now includes the University of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and Massachusetts Port Authority. Payroll provided to the Herald under the state's Public Records law.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bostonherald.com ...
For those who have taken issue with my "millionaire" cops comments in the past, here is the data. Note that the pensions they receive and post retirement taxpayer funded health insurance are NOT included in these numbers. Many government employees are not overpaid, but the police and teachers unions have got the taxpayers by the you-know-whats.....
The local newspaper had an article about City salaries around here recently. The Police and Fire increased their salaries approx. 1/3 since 2000. Civilians were up 3%. Naturally, the current Mayor was supported by the police and fire when he was elected in 2000 and again in 2004. The civilians did not.
Interesting how much “overtime” the top cops are putting in.... but you know looking out for those terrorists is hard work....so big bonuses are in order...(sarc/off)
Same old story.
Career politicians must pander to unions, who vote in blocks, to remain in power. When the public sector union voting bloc becomes large enough, the taxpayers are up the creek, like in Mass, NJ, NY, California, etc., and the unions are calling the shots. The taxpayers are the suckers....
Firefighters are just as bad with overtime.
Personally, I don’t think any people who decide to pursue civil service careers should become millionaires.
I’d also like to see the payroll reported as “total compenstation” i.e. include the cost of paid health insurance and annual increase in accrued pension benefits. If they did that, the numbers would be much higher.
The unions only like to talk (complain) about starting salaries, and NEVER talk about the value of their taxpayer funded pensions and health benefits. In the private sector, people must nowadays save for their own retirement and make significant contributions to their health insurance plans.
Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.
Next time Mass has a budget crisis, this sortable database should provide a few clues as to why. ;-)
We could save a lot of money and might get a better police force if we had competing police for most (not all) of the jobs that police do.
Have ordinary civilians (militia) take on some of the jobs, for free. Or for the right to vote.
Then we have the jobs that police do that directly cause harm, like arresting drug users and sellers. Eliminate those and save even more.
I estimate for a 30 year career, the pension benefit alone is 25% more wages per hour. For police its a 20 year career, so more like 50 more base salary with a guarunteed benefit plan.
Sure the unions can make it look small by assuming incredible compounding growth, but that may or may not happen. Eg.. look how the market tanked over the last few weeks.
One that made me angry was I got the munchies one night at about 1am. A weeknight. I was driving about 10 minutes to a 24 hour restaurant.. I passed maybe 2 cars on the way. But I hit a police road block, with about 10 police, I was the only car I saw the whole time I was pulled over. I’m assuming they were all on overtime.
Career politicians must pander to unions, who vote in blocks, to remain in power
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
There are far more teachers in my state than police.
We could reduce everyone´s taxes greatly by immediately privatizing universal K -12 education.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.