"i just don't have enough money, and i can't print it in the basement"
https://www.npr.org/2012/07/07/156416876/scrantons-public-workers-pay-cut-to-minimum-wage
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"i just don't have enough money, and i can't print it in the basement"
https://www.npr.org/2012/07/07/156416876/scrantons-public-workers-pay-cut-to-minimum-wage
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"i just don't have enough money, and i can't print it in the basement"
https://www.npr.org/2012/07/07/156416876/scrantons-public-workers-pay-cut-to-minimum-wage
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everyone except the public sector workers should move out of Scranton....then let the union bosses figure it out.
My question is-why is the city broke? What is the root cause(s)? Is it merely a dwinding population as mentioned in the article?
everyone except the public sector workers should move out of Scranton....then let the union bosses figure it out.
My question is-why is the city broke? What is the root cause(s)? Is it merely a dwinding population as mentioned in the article?
@WSC
All the more reason that people should've been paid according to their contributions from the start rather than being paid according to their needs.
The latter is what caused this problem.
@WSC
All the more reason that people should've been paid according to their contributions from the start rather than being paid according to their needs.
The latter is what caused this problem.
My comment about the unions was simply to state that if the town is all union folk and bosses then they can try and turn things around themselves. They can elect each other as officials and set about restoring the community to financial prosperity. I guess I would like to see how such an experiment would play out where a town is 100% union and what they would do to turn things around. In this secenario would they see companies in the same light that they do now and I an assuming that they feel that companies owe them something.
I would rather bribe a company to stay and keep people employed and shore up the community than see them leave......thats just my 2 cents.
While the unions are not the source of all the issues I do not think one can simply point to corps and say they are the sole problem either.
Wall, I do not like to see jobs go oversees and I am in an industry that has been hit hard by outsourcing.
Cities, states and this country as a whole has to cater to these types of companies to try and keep their workforce here.
My industry has seen a fair share of reshoring recently so maybe the pendulum will swing in our favor for awhile.
Time will tell and for every anti-business law that gets passed you can probably kiss more jobs goodbye.
My comment about the unions was simply to state that if the town is all union folk and bosses then they can try and turn things around themselves. They can elect each other as officials and set about restoring the community to financial prosperity. I guess I would like to see how such an experiment would play out where a town is 100% union and what they would do to turn things around. In this secenario would they see companies in the same light that they do now and I an assuming that they feel that companies owe them something.
I would rather bribe a company to stay and keep people employed and shore up the community than see them leave......thats just my 2 cents.
While the unions are not the source of all the issues I do not think one can simply point to corps and say they are the sole problem either.
Wall, I do not like to see jobs go oversees and I am in an industry that has been hit hard by outsourcing.
Cities, states and this country as a whole has to cater to these types of companies to try and keep their workforce here.
My industry has seen a fair share of reshoring recently so maybe the pendulum will swing in our favor for awhile.
Time will tell and for every anti-business law that gets passed you can probably kiss more jobs goodbye.
Bowlslit said: <<<@WSC
All the more reason that people should've been paid according to their contributions from the start rather than being paid according to their needs.
The latter is what caused this problem.>>>
Actually, you have no idea what caused the problem. Would it surprise you to know that it is pretty much everything that was said in this thread.
A mixture of outsourcing, a failure of US adaptation to a global economy and a global (and cheaper workforce), a change in taxation of corporations, an increase in expenses for cities, a change in education funding requirements which causes finanacial strain for local economies, etc. etc. etc.
But by all means, keep parroting right wing talking points and blaming the US government worker. ![]()
Bowlslit said: <<<@WSC
All the more reason that people should've been paid according to their contributions from the start rather than being paid according to their needs.
The latter is what caused this problem.>>>
Actually, you have no idea what caused the problem. Would it surprise you to know that it is pretty much everything that was said in this thread.
A mixture of outsourcing, a failure of US adaptation to a global economy and a global (and cheaper workforce), a change in taxation of corporations, an increase in expenses for cities, a change in education funding requirements which causes finanacial strain for local economies, etc. etc. etc.
But by all means, keep parroting right wing talking points and blaming the US government worker. ![]()
get rid of all public workers, let people in each city take their own trash to the dumps, get their water from lakes or rivers, fight their own fires with garden hoses{thats right you cant do that, because you now get your water from the lake} be your own police officer, get rid of the jails {am sure be easy would like that, then he can sell his pot on the street corners} get rid of the court system, get rid of the roads etc etc etc. Hey why dont we just go back to living in the 1800's Honestly some of you guys on this site are just plain friggin stupid.
am sure bowlslit will chime in with his usual we dont have the money bullshit, all while making 100k a year selling insurance. Heres a thought, why dont we have money in the country? Could it be because there are no jobs in the country? why are there no jobs in the country? could it be because the filthy pig corporations are creating all the jobs in other countries? If people were working and making money they would be paying for public services that in case you guys didnt know is what a country like ours is about. If you dont like living in a free country with modern public services, there are a lot of countries you boneheads could move to, then maybe you will stop constantly crying about public service jobs and unions. Go work in somalia or ethiopia? you wont get all the m odern services you get in this country. See if your happy over there.
Everyday on this site its the same 10-15 people who do nothing but cry and complain about having to pay for modern services, that its become sickening to read.
Move if you dont like the type of society our country is about.
Bowlslit go try and peddle your insurance in a country that doesnt have modern shit![]()
But you guys go right ahead and keep blaming the working man who just happens to have a job providing services to all of you on a daily basis, instead of blaming the real culprits, scumbag corporations who have killed our country and you can all thank your idol ronnie "worst president" reagan for starting the downfall.
The corporations must laugh their asses off, when they see people like you right wingers constantly defending them everyday. Take the blinders off.
lastly if you think that you can get all the public services that are out there done by private companies for less then what you pay in taxes, then you are either smoking crack or have gotton into beeasys stash of pot. You guys would be sick if you ever had to pay a private company for each public service you now get with your tax dollars.
some of you really need to grow up
get rid of all public workers, let people in each city take their own trash to the dumps, get their water from lakes or rivers, fight their own fires with garden hoses{thats right you cant do that, because you now get your water from the lake} be your own police officer, get rid of the jails {am sure be easy would like that, then he can sell his pot on the street corners} get rid of the court system, get rid of the roads etc etc etc. Hey why dont we just go back to living in the 1800's Honestly some of you guys on this site are just plain friggin stupid.
am sure bowlslit will chime in with his usual we dont have the money bullshit, all while making 100k a year selling insurance. Heres a thought, why dont we have money in the country? Could it be because there are no jobs in the country? why are there no jobs in the country? could it be because the filthy pig corporations are creating all the jobs in other countries? If people were working and making money they would be paying for public services that in case you guys didnt know is what a country like ours is about. If you dont like living in a free country with modern public services, there are a lot of countries you boneheads could move to, then maybe you will stop constantly crying about public service jobs and unions. Go work in somalia or ethiopia? you wont get all the m odern services you get in this country. See if your happy over there.
Everyday on this site its the same 10-15 people who do nothing but cry and complain about having to pay for modern services, that its become sickening to read.
Move if you dont like the type of society our country is about.
Bowlslit go try and peddle your insurance in a country that doesnt have modern shit![]()
But you guys go right ahead and keep blaming the working man who just happens to have a job providing services to all of you on a daily basis, instead of blaming the real culprits, scumbag corporations who have killed our country and you can all thank your idol ronnie "worst president" reagan for starting the downfall.
The corporations must laugh their asses off, when they see people like you right wingers constantly defending them everyday. Take the blinders off.
lastly if you think that you can get all the public services that are out there done by private companies for less then what you pay in taxes, then you are either smoking crack or have gotton into beeasys stash of pot. You guys would be sick if you ever had to pay a private company for each public service you now get with your tax dollars.
some of you really need to grow up
oh and one other thing if any of you nutjobs get the urge to correct my grammar or spelling, save your breath because i dont give a rats ass.
Uusally thats what you guys resort to, because grammar and spelling on a gambling forum is so important to you anal retentive guys.
oh and one other thing if any of you nutjobs get the urge to correct my grammar or spelling, save your breath because i dont give a rats ass.
Uusally thats what you guys resort to, because grammar and spelling on a gambling forum is so important to you anal retentive guys.
But Wall the corporations deserve everything they make, because its the way the free market works and they are the job creators, only thing is they arent creating jobs in the country they sell their crap in.
Its all the middle class to blame for not working for less, not giving up vacations, health insurance and pensions. If those darn middle class workers would only work for low wages![]()
But Wall the corporations deserve everything they make, because its the way the free market works and they are the job creators, only thing is they arent creating jobs in the country they sell their crap in.
Its all the middle class to blame for not working for less, not giving up vacations, health insurance and pensions. If those darn middle class workers would only work for low wages![]()
honestly i have no idea how anybody can defend the corporations and the wealthy if they are not in that group to begin with.
maybe we have a lot of wealthy right wingers here who own major corporations![]()
honestly i have no idea how anybody can defend the corporations and the wealthy if they are not in that group to begin with.
maybe we have a lot of wealthy right wingers here who own major corporations![]()

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