There seems to be consensus in this thread that among other problems, the Democratic Union Machine got way out of control.

For example: Bernard Parks (remember him, LAPD Chief) gets a $265,000/year pension for the rest of his life.

Once upon a time if you worked for the gov’t you might expect good benefits, but your wages typically did not compare to the private sector.

Now gov’t workers not only get benefits and pensions that would shock those in the private sector, they also get GREAT salaries.

We don’t need to cut the number of state/local gov’t workers, we just need to bring their salaries and benefits back to earth where the rest of us live.