The WSJ had an interesting op-ed today about the new privilege class. They had a side by side table showing the difference now between the private sector (salaries, benefits, pensions) and the government/union sector. In every instance the govt/union sector win out! On top of that, they never leave their jobs once there. Almost all have job security no matter their work record.
And all those government/union “workers” are tied with the SSocialist tyrany. They make new growing troops struggling to keep their confortable places...Stop that by any means or you are owned
“On top of that, they never leave their jobs once there. Almost all have job security no matter their work record.”
Exactly like tenured college professors.
Can you post a link to the op-ed or maybe just post the op-ed here on FR? It would be interesting to see the comparison.
RE: “The WSJ had an interesting op-ed today about the new privilege class. They had a side by side table showing the difference now between the private sector (salaries, benefits, pensions) and the government/union sector. In every instance the govt/union sector win out! On top of that, they never leave their jobs once there. Almost all have job security no matter their work record.”
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Yes! I know some slackers who got govt. jobs early in life and hung on just for the future benes. These people couldn’t make it in private industry if their life depended on it — but now, even though things are BAD all over and even govt. types and losing jobs, they will retain those extremely rich benes, at no cost, for life. That includes ‘free’ health care and the pensions that have bankrupted us.
One lazy school district employee, tenured for some 37 years, is being let go at age 59 and was directed to go to the local public employment retirement system office to get her benes started. This person worked a four day week, supposedly with longer hours each day but she never showed up on time, plus took two hour lunches and went home —
Her pay was never quite as high as it might’ve been in private industry but she will get her last annual salary, about $50K, every year for the rest of her life!!!!! And whose tax dollars are paying for that??? Mine, and yours, if you live in CA.
Most of the rest of us are lucky to get social security (ha) and whatever pittance is left of our 401K programs. Only a very few companies did not convert to 401K from defined benefit retirement plans but the govt jobs, oh OF COURSE their unions kept the old style plans.
So in this instance, the person who cried poor her whole working life will now be sitting pretty while the rest of us pay for it. I had to end my friendship with this person long ago — a lifelong braindead Dem who voted Dem all the way because mommy and daddy voted dem. Brilliant!