I don't care at what level of government service you're at, (I'm talking elected official here, public servant etc.) you do not deserve a pension or health benefits.

The Congressional Offices: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

I'm proud that the 4% cut in pay and increased health insurance costs that I was forced to take by Cuomo due to the dire financial situation that the state is in are going to a good cause. So proud.

need raises so state government can attract and retain top talent

Hey, if that rationale works for bank CEOs I don't see why it shouldn't work for government employees.

fusillade762: need raises so state government can attract and retain top talent

Hey, if that rationale works for bank CEOs I don't see why it shouldn't work for government employees.

because it is called public SERVICE not public PROFITEERING.

stick em in dorms, better yet quonset huts with kerosene heaters for the winter. AT least until they show evidence that they give a crap about something other than personal enrichment.

ChimpMitten: I'm proud that the 4% cut in pay and increased health insurance costs that I was forced to take by Cuomo due to the dire financial situation that the state is in are going to a good cause. So proud.

Are you one of those greedy teachers we keep hearing about?

TDBoedy: fusillade762: need raises so state government can attract and retain top talent

Hey, if that rationale works for bank CEOs I don't see why it shouldn't work for government employees.

because it is called public SERVICE not public PROFITEERING.

stick em in dorms, better yet quonset huts with kerosene heaters for the winter. AT least until they show evidence that they give a crap about something other than personal enrichment.

I'm sure when your house is burning down you'll be happy that we've taken such good care of those firefighters and 911 dispatchers.

Arkanaut:
Are you one of those greedy teachers we keep hearing about?

No, I'm in IT for a State Agency, hence the goofing off on the internet.

Amazingly between this thread and the Ten most hated jobs thread on the main page, I feel like this is my own personal Fark today.

well, they're democrats. what do you expect?

Norv Turner: I don't care at what level of government service you're at, (I'm talking elected official here, public servant etc.) you do not deserve a pension or health benefits.

Elected officials, maybe, but why shouldn't the government try to attract employees by offering pensions or health benefits?

ChimpMitten: hence the goofing off on the internet.

Sympathy . . . dwindling . . .

qorkfiend: Norv Turner: I don't care at what level of government service you're at, (I'm talking elected official here, public servant etc.) you do not deserve a pension or health benefits.

Elected officials, maybe, but why shouldn't the government try to attract employees by offering pensions or health benefits?

Because socialism.

Nah, many of them are just alien parasites waiting to burst forth from out stomachs, John Hurt-style.

/Just like the brand new Senate District 12. (new window)

blahpers: ChimpMitten: hence the goofing off on the internet.

Sympathy . . . dwindling . . .

Whoa, I got sympathy? I wasn't expecting that. I just wanted to biatch about Cuomo stealing my pennies, but thank you for the dwindling sympathy.

ChimpMitten: I just wanted to biatch about Cuomo stealing my pennies...


I read that as Cuomo stealing your panties... much more amusing mental picture.

Leo Bloom's Freakout: ChimpMitten: I just wanted to biatch about Cuomo stealing my pennies...


I read that as Cuomo stealing your panties... much more amusing mental picture.

Just give him time...

You know who fit in well at Mos Eisley? Han Solo.

So that's not really much of a criticism.

TDBoedy: fusillade762: need raises so state government can attract and retain top talent

Hey, if that rationale works for bank CEOs I don't see why it shouldn't work for government employees.

because it is called public SERVICE not public PROFITEERING.

stick em in dorms, better yet quonset huts with kerosene heaters for the winter. AT least until they show evidence that they give a crap about something other than personal enrichment.

Because when I was sitting there with my bachelor's degree, scheming about how best to profiteer at the expense of hardworking Republican-Americans, the first thing that came to my mind was "I know, I'll become a graduate student and steal a princely $20K per year straight out of their hands while having to work every day to solve problems so hard no one else has ever solved them before, and spend the best physical years of my life doing it."

Jesus, do you tools even realize what you sound like when you write this tripe? I suppose it's also fair to assume that, after forbidding the government from offering anything resembling an attractive employment to quality employees (like retirement options, competitive pay, or insulated housing), you'll scream and complain about all those worthless government employees and how regulators are incompetent and how all those worthless departments and regulations need to be eliminated, right?

It's as if Republicans don't care whether government works or not, they're determined to prove it doesn't by destroying anything that works and then pointing at how broken it is. Yes, as if...

fusillade762: TDBoedy: fusillade762: need raises so state government can attract and retain top talent

Hey, if that rationale works for bank CEOs I don't see why it shouldn't work for government employees.

because it is called public SERVICE not public PROFITEERING.

stick em in dorms, better yet quonset huts with kerosene heaters for the winter. AT least until they show evidence that they give a crap about something other than personal enrichment.

I'm sure when your house is burning down you'll be happy that we've taken such good care of those firefighters and 911 dispatchers.

I'm talking mostly about the legislators, but I'm all for raising their pay within the limits of affordability of the municipality/state. AT the end of the day though they need to realize that balanced with their need for compensation is their own implied fiduciary duty not to fark over the tax payers that fund them.

so stuff that in your stocking.