Comments on: Steve Maviglio, pension sage: Why it’s a laughable spectacle

By: Tough Love

Tough Love — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:45:48 +0000

Steve Mehlman, No Steve, I would be very satisfied (since Public Sector “cash pay” is generally no less than their Private Sector counterparts … and hence there is no justification for greater pensions & benefits) to have your pensions and benefits reduced to a level no greater than ours …. which is generally about 25-50% of what you are now promised.

But being the piggy that you are, you don’t don’t find that EQUALITY acceptable … do you ?

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:57:05 +0000

winston, every member of my family, starting with my spouse, on to my children, their spouses, and my grandchildren are in the private sector. They all receive very generous benefits from my having a sustainable income stream. The private sector receives most of every penny I put into the economy. Accusing me of taking from the private sector to pad my own nest is something you will not get away with!!

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:49:29 +0000

winston, even where unions exist in schools, municipalities, etc., the salaries and perks of management are several times more than what the rank and file get. My former CM gets six and one-half times more in CalPERS retirement than I–I have nothing against him–just putting the statistics out there to make a point. Without the unions in these various entities, management would be making 10-20 times more than rank and file. I’m sure you have seen the motto, “Live Better, Work Union”–it’s a fact.

By: SeeSaw

SeeSaw — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:42:59 +0000

Brown delta trout, I’m 77 years old–don’t think anyone would want to hire me. Anyway, don’t worry–investment earnings cover 64 cents of every dollar CalPERS pays me–you should be grateful that I’m out there in the market place supporting you.

By: Steve Mehlman

Steve Mehlman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:35:22 +0000

Hey Winston, it is precisely because of the attitudes of people like tough love that public employees need unions.

By: Steve Mehlman

Steve Mehlman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:18:31 +0000

Tough love won’t be happy until all public employees are either laid off or forced to work for minimum wage with no benefits. And then he’ll bitch because it wasn’t done sooner.

By: Tough Love

Tough Love — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:05:16 +0000

Ulysses Uhaul, Nice (piggish) attitude.

Please keep it up. It make justifying the reneging of your pensions SO MUCH easier to justify.

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:38:26 +0000

CWD doomer’s are jealous they are unqualified for government professional positions.

Relax with your fate! Not your fault……you have Social Security a great government lifeline.

By: winston

winston — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 06:31:30 +0000

Why do schoolteachers, college professors and office workers need unions? We ‘re not talking about coal miners or child labor. More like planning office potlucks, adding up vacation /sick/personal days and never ever acknowledging their debt to hardworking private sector taxpayers. Shame on you.

By: Donkey

Donkey — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 05:29:43 +0000

SKdog, you weave the goodness of the pension story mantra just like any sideshow preacher, and you are just as big of a liar. The pension scam is the product of a Quid Pro Quo scheme between the politicians your union put in office and the creeps that ran the bureaucracies feeding off the taxpayers. The money can’t run out fact enough, but it will run dry, and I will delight in your sorrow. 🙂