Comments on: CFT Explains Tax-Increase Strategy https://calwatchdog.com/2011/05/26/cf-explains-tax-increase-strategy/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eric https://calwatchdog.com/2011/05/26/cf-explains-tax-increase-strategy/#comment-5155 Thu, 26 May 2011 18:48:35 +0000 http://www.calwatchdog.com/?p=18157#comment-5155 It’s about time that the teacher’s unions realize that the taxpayer is not the enemy. Their enemies are the other unions who have such great deals and even stronger poltical allies(public safety unions/CCPOA/SEIU etc). Just read in the local paper where residents of a small city, going through the throes of replacing the $460K/yr city manager they fired found out the police will get a 3.5% raise in July, along with having the taxpayers pay the last 1.9% of their retirement. They will pay ZERO because most other local entities have that deal! Makes sense, right? Recession, what recession?

People call Social Security an “entitlement”, but if you’re 55 and worked in the private sector all your life earning near the SS cap as it went up, you will have likely paid more into Social Security before retirement than most of these public sector folks retiring at 50 – 60 years old with 90% of their highest pay ever contributed to their retirement. Who is acting “entitled” here?

It is time for the taxpayer advocates to start circling up the various unions facing each other and watch as they attack each other trying to keep their “fair share” of the pie. Maybe it would help if we would just point them at each other instead of fighting them directly? Of course, that will ONLY happen if we can stand strong and keep fighting new taxes and tax hikes here in the overtaxed state.

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