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San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
NO - I don't think that public safety people make $200K/yr (nor should max out pay at $50K), that they're all GED - educated, got their jobs by nepotism, did backroom deals with the city council, "stole" their overtime pay from the city's taxpayers, make much more in fringe benefits than other cities, eat donuts in the patrol cars, eat steaks in the recliners, and so on, ad nauseum. I ALSO think that this city is, as Andrea Tevlin says - "structurally underfunded". I've seen that report from the Center for Policy Initiatives (yeah, left wingers, I know) that shows the difference between SD's income and other cities. I ALSO know that we taxpayers will NEVER VOTE MORE TAXES ON OURSELVES even when SD burns down again. Too bad. So sad. Stuck with an income level from the 1980's. Close fire stations, lay off cops. Whatever. At least trash pickup is "free". (Included in property taxes I know).— March 4, 2009 10:17 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
SurffPuppy - I am most certainly NOT JF. Rest Assured. I'M Octomom's Sperm donor, by the way...so you taxpayers - PAY UP!— March 4, 2009 9:56 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Surfpuppy is the sperm donor for " Octomom"— March 4, 2009 8:19 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
JW : I am most certainly NOT Surfpoopy. Rest assured.— March 4, 2009 8:17 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Mr. Bauder - Social Security IS a government-devised Ponzi Scheme, isn't it? Initially wasn't the ratio 12 workers : 1 recipient? Also, how does someone like "Octomom" get $$$$ for her kids for their disabilities when they NEVER WORKED to pay into it? SSI for druggies/illegal aliens/legal aliens/ etc. who have never paid into the SS system? Is this proper? Where is the outrage from the rest of us who have our pay dumped into this program? Money I'LL probably never get, but they pay Octomom's litter. Best joke I've heard - " Hey Octomom! That's a vagina, not a clown car!" (sorry)— March 4, 2009 7:40 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
By Fred_Williams "Honestly, should ANYONE at the city make more than $100k annually?" Should this include the Mayor, City Attorney, other department heads, etc.? From what I've read above, some firefighters get their pay by working outside the city on big fires and PD get paid for working special events. Should they work for salary? ($50,000/yr. seems about right).— March 4, 2009 7:25 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
So it's OK for the City to make promises it can't keep? How could the unions loot its own fund if it wasn't funded properly by the City in the first place. It's hard to spend IOU's.— March 4, 2009 3:58 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Also, for how many years did the City of San Diego NOT pay it's part into the pension system? Why not? What did it use the money for instead?— March 4, 2009 2:52 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
Mr. Bauder - IF the City of SD goes bankrupt, would the Feds take the employees into IT's Ponzi scheme, i.e. Social (and I use the next term laughingly) Security????— March 4, 2009 2:28 p.m.
San Diego City Employees pension fund ailing
My comment IS identical to Mr. Surfpuppy because I copied and pasted it. Mr. Surfpuppy is a very smart puppy.— March 4, 2009 2:11 p.m.