This is GREAT!
Monday, March 08, 2010
Pension Pulse: Pension Black Holes Set to Explode?
Pension Pulse: Pension Black Holes Set to Explode?
"Luckily for civil servants, any shortfall in the amount needed to provide them with a guaranteed amount in their pension pots has to be made up with public money."
"Luckily for civil servants, any shortfall in the amount needed to provide them with a guaranteed amount in their pension pots has to be made up with public money."
CNN Exposes 'Lavish' Government Pensions despite Economic Crisis
CNN Exposes 'Lavish' Government Pensions despite Economic Crisis - WSJ.com
"'They can draw on their pension beginning at age 50; depending on the years of service they can get as much as 80 percent of their final salary, there are cost-of-living-adjustments added on, and they're still eligible to receive Social Security.'
Citing the analysis of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), Sylvester used Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as an example of broken government. NTU, a nonpartisan taxpayer group that has worked under the guiding principle 'This is your money and the government should return it to you' since its inception, found that Dodd will have a starting annual pension of $125,500 when he retires next year."
"'They can draw on their pension beginning at age 50; depending on the years of service they can get as much as 80 percent of their final salary, there are cost-of-living-adjustments added on, and they're still eligible to receive Social Security.'
Citing the analysis of the National Taxpayers Union (NTU), Sylvester used Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as an example of broken government. NTU, a nonpartisan taxpayer group that has worked under the guiding principle 'This is your money and the government should return it to you' since its inception, found that Dodd will have a starting annual pension of $125,500 when he retires next year."
Get real: Taxpayer suffering, state deficit should forestall pay hikes and pension sweeteners
Get real: Taxpayer suffering, state deficit should forestall pay hikes and pension sweeteners
"It defies logic that lawmakers refuse to rescind a 3 percent raise for unionized state workers and continue to discuss a $2.9 billion union-proposed plan to fatten teachers' pensions this spring.
When there's a $1.6 billion hole in the 2011 budget, neither of those expenditures should be on the table.
But Senate Democrats have blocked a proposal to cancel the raises.
The 22-15 party-line vote on Wednesday was short of the two-thirds majority necessary to prevent the $48 million in pay increases from taking effect Oct. 1.
Twenty-six votes are necessary."
The two Americas.
We tighten our belts so they can buy new, bigger belts with our money.
Is this what America is supposed to be?
"It defies logic that lawmakers refuse to rescind a 3 percent raise for unionized state workers and continue to discuss a $2.9 billion union-proposed plan to fatten teachers' pensions this spring.
When there's a $1.6 billion hole in the 2011 budget, neither of those expenditures should be on the table.
But Senate Democrats have blocked a proposal to cancel the raises.
The 22-15 party-line vote on Wednesday was short of the two-thirds majority necessary to prevent the $48 million in pay increases from taking effect Oct. 1.
Twenty-six votes are necessary."
The two Americas.
We tighten our belts so they can buy new, bigger belts with our money.
Is this what America is supposed to be?
JOHN FUND ON RICK PERRY’S VICTORY AND THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT: The late House Speaker Tip O’Neill …
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"Some Tea Partiers supported Debra Medina, but — as with Scott Brown — more seemed focused on supporting a candidate who could win."
"Some Tea Partiers supported Debra Medina, but — as with Scott Brown — more seemed focused on supporting a candidate who could win."
Sunday, March 07, 2010
What Dave and his chum Barack don't want you to know about green jobs and green energy – Telegraph Blogs
What Dave and his chum Barack don't want you to know about green jobs and green energy – Telegraph Blogs: "Green jobs are a waste of space, a waste of money, a lie, a chimera. You know that. I know that. We’re familiar with the report by Dr Gabriel Calzada Alvarez of the Rey Juan Carlos University in Spain which shows that for every “green job” that is created another 2.2 jobs are LOST in the real economy.
We also know that alternative energy is a fraud – only viable through enormous government (ie taxpayer subsidy) and utterly incapable of answering anything more than a fraction of our energy needs. As Shannon Love puts it here:
Here’s a fact you won’t see mentioned in the public policy debate over “alternative” energy:
There exists no alternative energy source, no combination of alternative energy sources, and no system of combinations of alternative energy sources that can fully replace a single, coal fired electric plant built with 1930s era technology.
Nada.
Zero.
Zilch.
So why are our political leaders setting out quite deliberately to deceive us?"
We also know that alternative energy is a fraud – only viable through enormous government (ie taxpayer subsidy) and utterly incapable of answering anything more than a fraction of our energy needs. As Shannon Love puts it here:
Here’s a fact you won’t see mentioned in the public policy debate over “alternative” energy:
There exists no alternative energy source, no combination of alternative energy sources, and no system of combinations of alternative energy sources that can fully replace a single, coal fired electric plant built with 1930s era technology.
Nada.
Zero.
Zilch.
So why are our political leaders setting out quite deliberately to deceive us?"
Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, Kane Gorny, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water
Neglected by 'lazy' nurses, Kane Gorny, 22, dying of thirst rang the police to beg for water
"A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.
Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help.
They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.
The next day his mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours.
She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body.
'He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him.'"
"A man of 22 died in agony of dehydration after three days in a leading teaching hospital.
Kane Gorny was so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help.
They arrived on the ward only to be told by doctors that everything was under control.
The next day his mother Rita Cronin found him delirious and he died within hours.
She said nurses had failed to give him vital drugs which controlled fluid levels in his body.
'He was totally dependent on the nurses to help him and they totally betrayed him.'"
Holly Graf: Navy Relieves Harsh Commander of USS Cowpens - TIME
Holly Graf: Navy Relieves Harsh Commander of USS Cowpens - TIME
"Captain Holly Graf was the closest thing the U.S. Navy had to a female Captain Bligh."
"Captain Holly Graf was the closest thing the U.S. Navy had to a female Captain Bligh."
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Complaints About Female 'Captain Bligh' Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain
Complaints About Female 'Captain Bligh' Began Early, Says a Navy Chaplain - TIME
"Questions continue to swirl about how Graf not only retained her command, but kept getting promoted despite reports from eyewitnesses like Kaprow."
"Questions continue to swirl about how Graf not only retained her command, but kept getting promoted despite reports from eyewitnesses like Kaprow."
New Woe for Vatican as Usher Linked to Prostitution
New Woe for Vatican as Usher Linked to Prostitution
"One of Pope Benedict's ceremonial ushers and a member of an elite choir in St Peter's Basilica have been implicated in a gay prostitution ring, in the latest sexual scandal to taint the Vatican."
The vile spurting from the Vatican is never ending.
When will the rest of the world acknowledge this world wide homosexual coven for what it is?
"One of Pope Benedict's ceremonial ushers and a member of an elite choir in St Peter's Basilica have been implicated in a gay prostitution ring, in the latest sexual scandal to taint the Vatican."
The vile spurting from the Vatican is never ending.
When will the rest of the world acknowledge this world wide homosexual coven for what it is?
Angry US students protest cuts to higher education
Angry US students protest cuts to higher education
"Anger over increasing tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California."
They're angry at their parents and grandparents for not paying enough?
And they're NOT angry at the teachers and administrators who've stolen all the money?
And if these are "students", just what are they teaching at the "schools"?
"Anger over increasing tuition and school budget cuts boiled over as students across the country staged rowdy demonstrations that led to clashes with police and the rush-hour shutdown of a major freeway in California."
They're angry at their parents and grandparents for not paying enough?
And they're NOT angry at the teachers and administrators who've stolen all the money?
And if these are "students", just what are they teaching at the "schools"?
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