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Last year a mama bear and two cubs were put down after they kicked in a patio door of a nearby residence and helped themselves to a dish of goodies. Seems the resident had been feeding the bears for months, and when she forgot to set some food out they just helped themselves. The experts said that the bears had become fearless of humans and could not be released into the woods because they would only return and repeat the incident.
The same often holds true for most any entitlement program. Beggars select a certain site because they have learned through experience that it is productive. They come to expect a handout, and sometimes violently challenge those that don't give in. Other times they just break into a house or car to get their fix.
Many welfare recipients remain on the program for a lifetime, and pass it on to their children. Many receiving unemployment benefits refuse to return to work unless they receive the top pay they expect. And today, the public workers in Wisconsin are near rioting because their state is attempting to cut back on civil services. These protesters are no different than the bears that broke into my neighbor's home. They should remember that Ronald Reagan fired the FAA strikers.
In a city nearby me, a bid is being made to place a new income tax on city residents to further fund the school budget, a bill the county here is responsible for.
So why do we keep throwing money into a failing system? The school system has not been effective for the past 30 years. The prisons, courts, and public works are also failures. The employees are lazy, lame, or sick, and few have the drive to do anything productive because they know their union will protect them. And I know that you can think of many more!
The time has come to quit feeding the bears. Let's cut services, lower the taxes, and balance the budget now!
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instead of cutting services, why don't you, who have time on your hands, help with the solution: volunteer. its your country, your state, your county and city....
ReplyDelete(and remember, you participated in strikes for big bucks ~ oh thats right, it was the blue flu)
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G - It was a different time then when civil service salaries and benefits were well below scale. Now days the average servant across America makes 25% more than an equal job in the private sector. Now government is broke. So either work or walk!
ReplyDeletei don't know who you are saying is 25% more than in private sector. that is not the case here in CA...oh maybe that is because there is no money because the ones with the big bucks cut loose and pay their taxes in another state!!!! smart for them but....leaves us hanging. :(
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Anony - Published reports from the IRS show the average government worker across America makes 77k and the average public sector worker is just over 52K. May not be like that in Californication because there are so many high tech jobs paying some pretty big bucks. Work or Walk in Wisconsin. They will all be out of work if they don't give in a bit.
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