NJ Suburbs and State police need to be cut by 50%

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by rscalzo

Get your tuition back. Your posts here reflect that of a sixth grader. Based on those posts, I'm guessing your industry is Fast Food.

Come on now. Admit it....this is really you at your high paying job....
Ding Fries Are Done!!

im sorry i dont live up to your high standards scalzo. your approval means so much to me.

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by NJ07035

Not a tangent...
You are comparing the top salaries earned by top-paid cops (and their collective lack of morals and ethics) to the private sector. I posed that there are any number of people in the private sector that dwarf police salaries, and whose methods of earning that money (on the backs of shareholders, draining pension plans, etc.) is every bit as bad as your perception of how cops earn their pay. While most are ethical (as are a high 90th percentile of police), many of these people have not earned their pay in a 'fair manner' - unless white collar crime is your idea of fairness.

In fact, it is negotiated how much police earn, so it is much easier to 'follow the money' in their case to see where the money is going.

Who saw the salary structures for Enron, Madoff, etc.?

Your broad-brush application of judgement against the police (and apparently teachers) fails to pick up thousands of private sector members. Or are you just against public servants getting their negotiated pay scale?

lots of private sector salaries do dwarf cop salaries. also, many private sector salaries are dwarved by cop salaries. you are comparing executives to cops which isnt a good comparison. look at people with equivalent education and job duties. cops are just glorified security guards which are $8-12 an hour jobs in nyc.

negotiating with a government agency is BS. government shouldnt be allowed to negotiate with unions because they arent responsible with our tax dollars. you can repeat "negotiated" over and over but when its with government its politics and not the market.

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by NJ07035

So, is there ANYONE in the public sector who is at their proper pay scale?

i would say yes. however, its probably not because they pay scale is accurate but because an overqualified person settled for the government job for the better benefits and job security and to have an easy low stress job.