[quote=harvey]. . . Let’s not get distracted trying to prove there is an elephant standing in the room, just because there are a few stubborn folks who choose to be blind.
Instead, let’s talk about how we are going to clean up the shit pile the elephant created, and how we can move the animal outside so it doesn’t happen again.
There are very straightforward and fair solutions to this problem.[/quote]
Yes, pri, let’s DO talk! I have posted the “solution” here time and time again:
1. Contact your representatives in the State Assembly, Senate and Congress by phone, letter or both;
2. Find out what their plans are, if any to introduce a bill to repeal or rewrite the current laws on the books governing collective bargaining and management of public defined-benefit pensions;
3. Find out from their offices what you can do to help, including, but not limited to, attempting to help them rewrite the bill in such a way to get the it introduced and garner support of their brethren;
4. Support local candidates running on “public pension reform” platforms (after determining if they have a viable plan for reform);
5. When supporting your favorite local “pension reform” candidate, do regular precinct walking and work the phone banks for them … better yet, host a fundraiser for them in your home or community meeting place;
6. and above all, keep your pencil sharpened, your walking shoes on and your phone charged up.
You have a lot of work to do. We’re in an election year and times a wastin’ so stop whining on internet blogs and enjoy your new gig on a “hands-on civics lesson…”
