It's time for getting rid of municipal union pensions

Plain and simple. The unions have sucked at the taxpayers' money for so long and for such huge wages that they broke the golden egg that built America's cars. Now they are crying in their welfare checks, free cell phones, free medical care and free food stamps. Only the unions get pensions. Pensions paid by taxpayers. But the rest of the working people have to use IRAs - not nearly as profitable for the workers. Sure the police, fire and paramedics preform an important job and thy should be paid a good salary. BUT they should pay for their health care like other non-government workers do. And they should only have IRAs not pensions. Pensions have gone out of use for decades for everyone but politically connected unions. That is not fair and unions do not pay their fair share when they expect huge pensions at 50% tp 95% of their last three years salary. That is "stealing" from the taxpayers. Unions had the reason to be back before world war II. But as union salaries and pensions rose over the decades union pay and union pensions have become the source of more bankruptcies than anything else. It's not about busting unions. It's about unions getting in step with the rest of the working people.
And that's the way I see it...
Straight Talk with Jay Clifford.


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