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NY governor asks unions to forego pay rise during crisis
Reuters ^
| April 1, 2010
| by Ciara Linnane
Posted on 04/01/2010 2:58:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
To: Oldeconomybuyer
When it comes to tightening belts, the unions are there to tighten yours!
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:02:07 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Pass the popcorn. This is getting fund.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:02:09 PM PDT
by
mlocher
(USA is a sovereign nation)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Well I dont think it was a loophole I think the Pay Czar
dictated what they could make whether in salary or stock. Shut up Govenor.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:02:24 PM PDT
by
funfan
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:03:44 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Still voteless in NY-29)
To: library user
The amazing thing is that the state employees 300,000 union employees. How many people work for the state? How many work for the state and local government in NY?
It doesn't take a genius to realize that with 1 in 20 or 30 taxpayers working for the state and local governments there may be a problem with too many employees.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:04:16 PM PDT
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
It's not a loophole to pay in stock options instead of cash. Stock options require people to stay with the company for some time and the value of the options depends on how well the company does and the stock price at the time the options are exercised.
The alternative to giving up raises is tax increases or layoffs of public employees. They will probably end up doing some of both in New York.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:04:22 PM PDT
by
your local physicist
(Don't blame me. I wasn't fooled by anyone. I crossed my fingers and voted for McCain.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Next up...asking a rattlesnake to please don’t bite me!
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:05:53 PM PDT
by
albie
To: Oldeconomybuyer
No.
You have a nice day.
-Union response
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:09:08 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:09:26 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Still voteless in NY-29)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Only because he’s not running for re-election, so it’s okay to be honest.
Would any Dem seeking re-election ask the Unions to cut back? Bwaahahahahahzhzhzha!!!!
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:10:34 PM PDT
by
lowtaxsmallgov
(http://www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com/home.html)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I’m still stuck on the 300,000 employees...
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:11:02 PM PDT
by
bp22
(Millions of Americans worship a supreme being whose name is not Bill Clinton.)
To: Jim from C-Town
The American public has to start understanding that to people in government, government is a business. It’s not just public service now; it’s their business and like all business people they’re constantly trying to expand their business and increase the revenues into their business. So government is now constantly trying to grow and increase taxes and fees through all means possible. It’s all out of control and half the legislators have been bought off to some extent by public employee unions. The taxpayers are going to have to revolt and elect people who have a platform of curbing the expansion of government at all levels.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:11:05 PM PDT
by
your local physicist
(Don't blame me. I wasn't fooled by anyone. I crossed my fingers and voted for McCain.)
To: your local physicist
However, government NEVER, EVER has to turn a profit, and rarely if ever answers to it’s board members. In fact, the government rapes it’s board members and steals their belongings.
Communist like.
How much more will you take?
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:13:26 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: Jim from C-Town
The amazing thing is that the state employees 300,000 union employees. How many people work for the state? How many work for the state and local government in NY? Ya got millions of unionized government employees at all levels gang raping America with their country club benefits and lottery style government retirement pensions.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:13:35 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The beginning of Obomba’s “armageddon”
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:16:05 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(The PLANTATION Party is at it again (the DEMS) ....trying to make slaves of everyone)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
And they immediately replied, “Of course, anything to help out during these difficult times.”
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:23:20 PM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Stop paying Planned Parenthood to murder babies! Cut off their federal funding!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Oh sure they’ll go for that!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
If I was still working for NY State, I’d have a hard time wondering why I had to go without a raise for three years (contract period), while Paterson’s staff got raises that ran from 6% up to 46%. The guy is a joke.
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posted on
04/01/2010 3:30:19 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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