Newsday 3/29/2010 - Teachers vs. Cops (gated, compensation, property taxes)

[scottzilla]

Originally Posted by azzurrony

I've only been on LI for 7 years, so I can't speak for what was said in 1985. I do know that since that time, companies have been closing and moving elsewhere. I don't blame them.

No one said we want to cut teacher/cop salaries to nothing. However, there can be some cuts and certainly we can revamp the pension and medical benefits portion of their compensation.

We can no longer afford to pay for 2 police forces...one out on patrol and the other collecting checks down in Florida.

Stop messing up my inflamatory troll posts with logic.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by scottzilla

Stop messing up my inflamatory troll posts with logic.

And he ADMITS it! LOL!

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by OvertaxedinMass

Both parties are bleeding the system dry.

Power Line - Two Americas cites "Government Pay Boom" in The Wall Street Journal (Friday, March 26), that points out that "America's most privileged class are public union workers."

"It turns out there really is growing inequality in America. It's the 45% premium in pay and benefits that government workers receive over the poor saps who create wealth in the private economy."

[donkey95]

Originally Posted by dman72

Lobbying your elected representatives is "doing" something.

And how do you know that people posting here don't *DO* anything? You have no way of knowing. So, what is the point in your argument? It's "don't complain about cop and teachers salaries", that it.

Tough luck, you aren't going to silence anyone with your "why don't you *DO* somethings".

Silence someone? Protest is a fundamental RIGHT in this country, and no one should be forced into silence, whether they are right OR wrong. However, if you're so passionate, and feel that yours is an opinion that so many share, organize & run on a "fundamentally change NY" platform, rather then say "vote for this guy" platform. Do it yourself, versus vote for Levy, or any other career politician that's looking for any wave to ride in to expand their own power base. If you're ready to show all you've done to change what you feel is wrong, show us.

[123abc123]

question:
teachers can't earn overtime....can cops?

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by 123abc123

question:
teachers can't earn overtime....can cops?

Teachers can't?

If they work extra periods, they get paid accordingly.

If they teach summer school, they get paid accordingly.

If they coach a sport, they get paid accordingly.

If they are student advisors, they get paid accordingly.

And on.

And on.

PS: Yes, police officers are eligible for overtime pay if they work more than their scheduled hours.

[I_Love_LI_but]

Originally Posted by donkey95

What red herring? Expecting someone who has a litany of complaints to actually *do* something, versus anonymously post about it? Aside from he, you, or anyone for that matter having the right to express their own opinion, is it an undue burden to see what their solution is?

Tell us why you are so happy with the status quo when it comes to the state of property taxes on LI.

What are you doing to keep it that way?

I hope you won't find it an undue burden to disclose your secrets to satisfaction.

[lifetimeliguy]

i gotta laugh whenever cops complain about working weekends, how dangerous their jobs are , etc. etc. Ummm yeah, didn't you know about this going in ?
We never hear nurses complaining "we have to work weekends !!we have to deal with all these sick people ! There is a risk of disease" !!!
It comes with the territory.
Perhaps by the letter writers' mention of the danger, we should pay our garbage collectors $125k with great benefits so they can complain "we have to deal with smelly garbage everyday" !!!
This is what happens when people are overpaid .. they actually begin to believe they are worth their salaries.

[okaydorothy]

Isnt March a huge parade month here on the Island. Can you imagine how much overtime we are paying to supervise the dangerous parades this month ; I would be interested in finding out how much in overtime we paid in the past three weekends at all the parades

[JosephPicarilloJr.]

Originally Posted by donkey95

Silence someone? Protest is a fundamental RIGHT in this country, and no one should be forced into silence, whether they are right OR wrong. However, if you're so passionate, and feel that yours is an opinion that so many share, organize & run on a "fundamentally change NY" platform, rather then say "vote for this guy" platform. Do it yourself, versus vote for Levy, or any other career politician that's looking for any wave to ride in to expand their own power base. If you're ready to show all you've done to change what you feel is wrong, show us.

Steve Levy's platform includes reform of the taylor law, so your point makes no sense whatsoever - nice try though, thank you for playing and come back soon.

As for the topic of this thread, it's about the newsday letters to the editor. If you want to find out what those of us who are opposed to the ridiculous compensation and benefits of the SCPD and LI cops in general and some teachers, feel free to start another thread... just don't hijack mine, skippy.