And I’m sure many public workers would’ve left for private jobs paying more at the first bubble opportunity, but they didn’t b/c they have a vested interest in a pension, the very pension that lures people to do these jobs in the first and the ones that keep them on the hook from leaving.
I’m not sure how some of you have the ability to judge and quantify what and how much cops and firemen should make. There are other cities paying far more than SD, by the way.
And for those that are harping on privatizing, I see that some private companies have been a huge success. GM, airlines, bank, insurance companies. And guess what. The taxpayers ended up paying for GM bailout, banks, etc. So I doubt privatizing is going to be the answer either.
Edit: Another good example of privatization is private schools. But I don’t find that they are cheaper than public schools.
