Central Falls, RI: More failure of liberalism on a local scale (politicians, rating)

[VTHokieFan]

Tiny New England City Faces Big Financial Problems | Fox News

$80,000,000 unfunded liabilities in pension and retiree benefits alone for 19,000 residents. Pay for your own retirement!

Question: How do unions "negotiate" over money that doesn't exist?

[LoveToRow]

The unions strike again. When will idiot liberals wake up and realize that you can't promise the moon to government employees? The bill always comes due.

[Old Gringo]

Central Falls is a community made up almost entirely of low-wage immigrants who don't speak English.

If it makes you feel better, think of all the public funds going to support those immigrants as corporate welfare. Since the corps hiring those immigrants are the beneficiaries.

[geofra]

From the article...

...you've got unions making donations to politicians, politicians naturally wanting to accommodate the unions..."


Read more: Tiny New England City Faces Big Financial Problems | Fox News

Whether it's liberal governments kowtowing to labor or conservative governments prostrating towards business; you gotta serve somebody.