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To be fair, only about 1/6 of the property taxes are tied to Nassau County, (use to be 20-22% or so), so you really can't play that game as far as the county is concerned.
Fairness on this site? A new concept. I don't think I can get used to that
This is a quote by one of you guys" "great delight in watching people suffer, must be a cop." That was by sickofny. So who is the name caller here. Why don't you start a thread called Jealous People that Rag on Civil Service. That should stay up for while
I'm pretty sure you initiated with "losers". Just returning the favor.
It comes up during recessions and economic downturns and goes away when the economy is booming. The 80s are a perfect illustration of that. People complained in the early 80s when there was a recession, and said nothing in the late 80s when greed was good.
The complained in the early 90s, then said nothing all through the boom years of the Clinton administration. In fact, they had so little to complain about, they had to look at his lovelife to find something.
They complained in the early 00s, then said nothing until the housing bubble began to waver, then burst, which brings us to just a few years ago, when people started complaining again.
Funny, though, the press and the Internet have been around longer than the current economic downturn.
Complaining about civil servants follows the same cycle as the economy. Heaven knows I've lived through enough recessions to notice the pattern.
We can agree to disagree, civil service salaries have been an issue going back decades, just look at the articles since 2000. Today there is much more access to detailed information through the NY State open Book Site, seethrough NY, etc that was not available 10 years ago. Even when the economy was up in 2003, 2004 the issue was there and the press articles for the good years still critcizing salaries.
One thing the down turn in the economy did bring to light was the over stated earnings and underfunding of pension but the salary issues were always there.
Love it" You started it" Does your mother know you are on the computer before school
Um I believe that was a response to your "you started it". And no she's busy helping my dad at the diner we have. I really enjoy your thinking that if you're not a public employee you're nothing. I've seen more horror than you can shake a stick at.
Um I believe that was a response to your "you started it". And no she's busy helping my dad at the diner we have. I really enjoy your thinking that if you're not a public employee you're nothing. I've seen more horror than you can shake a stick at.
Am I going to have to hear how you get beat up at school now. Please no war stories from the playground.
Um I believe that was a response to your "you started it". And no she's busy helping my dad at the diner we have. I really enjoy your thinking that if you're not a public employee you're nothing. I've seen more horror than you can shake a stick at.
And by the way its you that think public employees should make "nothing" and take cuts just because Wall St lost money. Lets see if the counties and city were doing poorly and Wall St and your diner were doing well, would you take a cut. Well you will say your a public employee and thats expected. Well how would you react to a tax raise then. With all your cash you would still fight it as much as now. So don't give me your civic minded BS. The private industry is usually more out for themselves than public employees will ever be. There are exceptions that donate to charities etc. But many of them just do it for a tax deduction
This has NOTHING to do with jealousy. This is about the financial problems that currently face Nassau County. This is about the fact we need a multi pronged approach to the county finances fixed. Everyone needs to make sacrifices, that includes homeowners with higher property taxes, as well as those in the Civil Service. The cops get the brunt of the civil service talk regarding the county because they make so much more than everyone else in the civil service for the county, and its not even remotely close.
oh please
you are so anti-cop, anti republican, anti teacher its soo ugly
the county finance troubles have nothing to do with cops or teachers..
40% of all county revenue comes from SALES TAX....property tax only makes up 30% of the county revenue...federal and state aid is 14% of the budget
library system.....money pit
DSS..(state and county).........money pit (TANF is projected to increase by 15%)
DOL..(state and county).......money pit
nassau colliseum.......money pit
the suozi red light cameras.......money pit
the county beaches.....cost more for upkeep, than money brought in
county (and state) road crews, where you have 10 flagmen to 1 worker.......money pit
the county spent nearly 250 million ( a quarter BILLION dollars ) on medicaid last year
also the county gets slammed by the individual school districts....Nassau County is also in the unique position of paying the entire amount of all tax certiorari settlements,
including the portion that relate to school and town taxes. As such, the County pays out approximately
$100 million annually, of which only 17% relates to refunds of taxes levied by the County.
Mangano has already REDUCED the size of the police force by 2,400 officers, and the county payrolls by an additional 400 county workers
you are so anti-cop, anti republican, anti teacher its soo ugly
the county finance troubles have nothing to do with cops or teachers..
40% of all county revenue comes from SALES TAX....property tax only makes up 30% of the county revenue...federal and state aid is 14% of the budget
library system.....money pit
DSS..(state and county).........money pit (TANF is projected to increase by 15%)
DOL..(state and county).......money pit
nassau colliseum.......money pit
the suozi red light cameras.......money pit
the county beaches.....cost more for upkeep, than money brought in
county (and state) road crews, where you have 10 flagmen to 1 worker.......money pit
the county spent nearly 250 million ( a quarter BILLION dollars ) on medicaid last year
also the county gets slammed by the individual school districts....Nassau County is also in the unique position of paying the entire amount of all tax certiorari settlements,
including the portion that relate to school and town taxes. As such, the County pays out approximately
$100 million annually, of which only 17% relates to refunds of taxes levied by the County.
Mangano has already REDUCED the size of the police force by 2,400 officers, and the county payrolls by an additional 400 county workers
More to go soon.It is gonna get unsafe for the public soon. Hey but they are saving about 7 bucks a month on the energy tax and that is what really counts.
More to go soon.It is gonna get unsafe for the public soon. Hey but they are saving about 7 bucks a month on the energy tax and that is what really counts.
What's funny is that there is sarcasm on the [URL="//www.city-data.com/forum/long-island/1199258-lipa-overcharged-long-islanders-231-million.html"]LIPA thread[/URL] in the LI subforum, with the sentiment being, "big whoop, LIPA will give us back $2.00 a month."
Yet they are screaming bloody murder here to save $7.00 a month.
If that doesn't make the agenda apparent, nothing will.
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Guess that five bucks will make or break them.
