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Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
Police who are shot and incapacitated on duty definitely deserve lifetime medical coverage. The same is true of firefighters who are injured on the job. ========== One BIG problem at virtually ALL muni's is that they deem many health rproblems to be a direct result of the safety job with no supporting proof whatsoever. Such as heart disease, lung disease, cancer.........there is no correlation between these health problems and the public safety jobs, yet they are deemed to be a cause and disability pensions are given for them....— October 2, 2010 11:15 a.m.
San Diegans Sparse in Forbes 400 List
LOL@Ponzi!— October 2, 2010 11:12 a.m.
Price Slashes, Improved Team Haven't Helped Padres
He won 14 Emmys as a color analyst, ================== As a long time Raider fan, growing up in Oakland as a kid, I loved the Raiders (no more) and we all loved John Madden. But he never-ever- showed the kind of personality as a coach, not even close, as he did when he went into the broadcasting booth. Truly amazing... Alex Spanos was one of the biggest apartment developers on the west coast, he made hundreds of millions as a developer. There is NO WAY he could only have a net worth of $1.1 billion with the Chargers accounting for $900+ million of that total. I know SMALL developers locally that have a net worth of over $100 million...— October 2, 2010 8:35 a.m.
Price Slashes, Improved Team Haven't Helped Padres
I'm certain that you missed most of his broadcasts, and also certain that you missed his eulogy of the late great Don Cornell =========== Madden was an assistant coach under Don Coryell at San Diego State College.......when SDSC was a powerhouse....— October 1, 2010 8:53 p.m.
Price Slashes, Improved Team Haven't Helped Padres
If the Chargers are worth close to a billion Spanos must be worth at least $2 billion............— October 1, 2010 8:48 p.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
In your last sentence, you have unknowingly set up JW for a nasty riposte. =========== Is there any other kind of reply from JC/JW??— October 1, 2010 5:42 p.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
I was too young for Viet Nam and too old for Desert Storm ============= I tried to enlist in the Iraq war a few years back but was past the age limit, which is BS. There should be no age limit-it should be criteria based testing. If you can pass the tests-be it physical or mental, then you should be allowed in. When I came out of HS the ony people who went into the military-at least from my area and the mind set of that area- were the ones who were not smart enough for college or were complete losers, and virtually all of us viewed it as a place of last resort for losers........Hard to believe I was so ignorant and misinformed back then.— October 1, 2010 2:52 p.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
After only two years of active duty, he is entitled to free health care from the VA for the rest of his life, not to mention almost unlimited benefits for disabilities that may later arise that are not even connected to his military "service". =========== The Army offered the 2 year enlistment back in the 80's, but it was just too costly and was dropped fairly fast, for many reasons, including the GI bill. I agree, to get the life healthcare amd other benefits the enlistment should be a minimum of 4 years. Looking back, I was unable to finish my 4 year college degree untila number of years after getting my associates degree due to costs, and the 2 year Army hitch would have been the smart move, but that is another story.— October 1, 2010 1:56 p.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
Police and fire are core gov services that cannot be outsourced-well possibly fire, but that is a big ??? mark.....we need them, they need us. Safety plays a huge role in our society-we need to have respect for them, and vice versa. Their compensation is too much, and it is creating distrust, anger, resentment and a complete break down in our society-and it is obvious from just the posts in this one little thread-which gets repeated tens of thousands of times daily across this country..........We need to provide a FAIR comp, that is not in the top 5% in the nation, that is more in line with everyday working folks. I don't know if I have posted this link before-it is a cartoon video making the rounds that is pretty funny.....be warned there are at least 100 F-bombs in this video and if you do not like profanity skip it; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmC26RuO26g .— October 1, 2010 10:26 a.m.
Pssst! Howd'ya Like to Retire with $300,000 a Year of Taxpayer Moolah
regarding age expectancies... my comments were based on more than one expert... you all have other expert references ... that is fair commentary... By sdsocialdiary ================ Margo- is it still your contention (after I posted the links to debunk that myth) that public safety employees have shorter mortality rates-in light if Calpers own research/actuarial estimates? BTW-It was the UT's Chris Reed that requested-and received- those stats from Calpers. You may want to contact him for confirmation.— October 1, 2010 7:26 a.m.