[winter-rabbit]

I feel the same as Raiderman, because I am from the Northeast.

Anyways, living back in the Northeast I was always reading my annual town report.

Comparing to my old town, I think the police salary of non-supervisory police officers are really really high. In my old town, these officers were making around 70-90K. In this Henderson report it looks like every officer is making well over 110K.

Is it deserved? That's a different debate.

[BrocktonBoxers]

Originally Posted by Raiderman

Nope, because I moved here from the NorthEast where everything was taxed, overtaxed, doubletaxed. supertaxed, etc. Here I have no income tax, property tax is INCREDIBLY low, sales tax is about average, just about everything is less expensive. So, no, I don't think they're overpaid, and, if my taxes are going up, I hadn't noticed. What taxes go up every year in Henderson to pay for the city employees, specifically? (honest question, as I haven't noticed anything getting more expensive)...

Yup, I came from Boston originally, they tax everything, this place is going in that direction. Small cities in MA don't have many public workers making 200k even with the corrupt unions. I guess they can always do like RI did, just claim bankruptcy when we have another down turn and cut all those pensions in half.

RE taxes will go up every year for quite a while now, and so won't the city fee's.

[BrocktonBoxers]

Originally Posted by winter-rabbit

I feel the same as Raiderman, because I am from the Northeast.

Anyways, living back in the Northeast I was always reading my annual town report.

Comparing to my old town, I think the police salary of non-supervisory police officers are really really high. In my old town, these officers were making around 70-90K. In this Henderson report it looks like every officer is making well over 110K.

Is it deserved? That's a different debate.

Of course it's not deserved, firemen are even worse, total scam job to the tax payers. Gov workers use to make less than the private sector because they got to retire early and got a real nice pension. Now they get paid 5 to 15 times the average joe with benefits only gov workers get, massive drop scams, sick time scams and still getting massive pensions while retiring early. I forgot the cadilac HC plans for them and their spouse for life.

[oeccscclhjhn]

Originally Posted by BrocktonBoxers

Of course it's not deserved, firemen are even worse, total scam job to the tax payers...

I like when they put out fires and save lives.




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[yellowsnow]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Or, perhaps the problem is that the Average Joe is underpaid. Whenever the subject of wages comes up, people will fall squarely into one of two camps -- the people who want to see salaries increase, particularly near the low-end; and the people who want to see everyone (except for themselves, of course) make next to nothing.

A person's entire political outlook can be gleaned from how they feel about wages and wealth inequity.

That's true. The average worker is underpaid. I've had some of these crappy jobs and I worked harder for nothing than I have at jobs that paid 5X more.

Me personally I'm glad there are some people doing well here. And at least they aren't doing well by taking advantage of the average underpaid worker.

[BrocktonBoxers]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

I like when they put out fires and save lives.




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So don't the private sector ambulance drivers who get paid much much less and work much much harder. Not spending half their day at Costco, the grocery store and the Gym on the tax payers dime either like the so called firemen do.

[BrocktonBoxers]

Originally Posted by yellowsnow

That's true. The average worker is underpaid. I've had some of these crappy jobs and I worked harder for nothing than I have at jobs that paid 5X more.

Me personally I'm glad there are some people doing well here. And at least they aren't doing well by taking advantage of the average underpaid worker.

You're not talking about cops and firemen right?

Because they sure and heck are taking advantage of the lower paid workers. I guess you haven't seen what a ticket the cops write, it's criminal. Coming from Boulder these dopy cycle cops were pulling people over all over the place after it just had rained out. Cars in front of me almost crashed to slow down to 40 mpg. What type of moron cop puts 10 cycle cops on a highway right after rain in Vegas? Your fired for being a moron. No I wasn't one of them who got a ticket.

[BrocktonBoxers]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

I like when they put out fires and save lives.




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What fires? Ahahaha scam job. A volunteer FD could do the same job at those 4 or 5 kitchen fires every year. Sending 2 fire trucks to every fender bender is just great, it's a scam job! Private ambulance workers do the job just as good, we don't need over paid people who spend half of their days shopping and working out on the tax payer dime.

[EA]

I need me a city job. Best I'll do in the union is 75k.

[lvoc]

The tax rate in Henderson has been the same for 20 years or so. The actual tax bill has gone down from what it was 8 or 10 years ago.

The taxpayer appears to approve of the salaries of safety workers though they appear to believe everyone else is over payed.

So this is pretty much a dead horse beating thread.

If we ever get to it the City of Los Alamitos where I lived in CA had a mixed force. Two paid and everyone else a volunteer. Worked fine.