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2011-03-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

Costa Mesa Lays off Half to Pay Pensions

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Posted by Bobby 2011-03-20 08:51|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "What angers a lot of us is that we're being blamed for the economic situation,"

Why does that whine sound like bankers and investment brokers and pols who say that while the gravy was rolling in no one complained, but when their house(s) of paper collapsed everyone blames them for the Great Recession. Who set up the unsustainable house of cards? It doesn't matter whether its a killing in the market or putting the fix in with pols for a killing on tax revenue, it's the same.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-03-20 09:43|| 2011-03-20 09:43|| Front Page Top

#2 "What angers a lot of us is that we're being blamed for the economic situation,"

They aren't to blame for the economic situation. It's just that, because of the economic situation, they are no longer affordable. Decisions must be made: either cut costs per person, or cut the number of people. Most of the private sector has done both.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-03-20 17:54|| 2011-03-20 17:54|| Front Page Top

#3 This sounds like a job for technology: rather than the usual magic unicorns that poop rainbows, we could gene-splice new ones that poop public employee union benefits.

Posted by SteveS 2011-03-20 21:31|| 2011-03-20 21:31|| Front Page Top

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