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The electric city and they cant afford to pay their light bills. Its gloomy, its depressing it is the armpit of NE pa.
But the court house is a really cool building. Positively gothic. LOL
The highest taxes in the area and they still cant pay their bills. LOL
So they punish the workers?
Why is civil service the new whipping boy?
They were hired for jobs with an above minimum wage salary.
They also have bills to take care of.
Perhaps they'll lose their houses, etc.
Why is civil service the new whipping boy?
They were hired for jobs with an above minimum wage salary.
They also have bills to take care of.
Perhaps they'll lose their houses, etc.
Are there not other things to look at first?
OK, then, let's do it your way and just fire them.
What on earth is it about WE HAVE NO MONEY you libs don't understand?
Why is civil service the new whipping boy?
They were hired for jobs with an above minimum wage salary.
They also have bills to take care of.
Perhaps they'll lose their houses, etc.
Are there not other things to look at first?
They are not the whipping boy but they are part of the problem. Unlike the fed there is a fair amount of cronyism and other shaddy dealings going on down there. They have the highest taxes by far in the area. They can't pay their bills and have defaulted on thier bonds.
The police and fire departments have their problems too. The bottom line is the city is flat busted broke and have even had to sell off properties etc to pay bills. They are out of options.
My apology to the OP, I missed his sarcasm. Scranton has a troubled past and is a "special needs" voting district. I wrote them off when they kept Sanjorski in office a few years back over Joe Barletta.
Anyone thinking this is news hasn't been paying attention to Chicago's attempts at union reforms as they hemorage cash.
Corruption, cronyism, single-party rule and amongst the highest taxes in the country.
In many cases they have been jacking up sales tax which of course are regressive and hit the poor the hardest.
Honestly, many of these cities operate just like China. The guys at the top enrich themselves and their families and you have no one else to turn to. Even the mayor in this example is no hero....he is just doing this to force people to approve a regressive tax increase on the poor instead of cutting spending or a blance of the two.
Why is civil service the new whipping boy?
They were hired for jobs with an above minimum wage salary.
They also have bills to take care of.
Perhaps they'll lose their houses, etc.
Are there not other things to look at first?
Per the article, they did look at other things first.
-A regressive tax increase impacting the poorest people the most. (voted down)
-They probably looked at headcount reductions but couldn't fire any public workers due to the unions.
-So, the mayor is slashing wages to try to get the tax increase passed.
That he did this shows how much his hands are tied as the city teeters on the edge of bankruptcy.
So, if you are in his shoes what do you do? Just let the city go bankrupt and then slash like crazy and maybe default on pensions etc?
I think thats the point of the OP. The OP wants to know if Demcorats will condem a Democrat for doing the same thing they condemed a Republican for. So far, nope.
Except that Walker did not cut pay for state employees, he just asked them to pay a fairer share towards their retirement and health care benefits.
Slashing all politicians pay is a much better idea.
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Scranton, PA Mayor slashes all state workers pay to $7.25/hr
