[quote=harvey][quote=CA renter]And I’ve already stated many times what I do/have done. I was a public school teacher many years ago, but spent most of my time in the private sector…management in the tech industry, to be specific.[/quote]
For years on this forum you have claimed extraordinary, detailed knowledge of public sector labor economics, such as pension investment strategies and compensation rules. You have claimed to have been intimate with union and contract negotiations.
And now you are saying you have had little affiliation with the public sector and spent most of your career in private industry?
It doesn’t jibe.
[quote]I advocate for the people who make the world go ’round — the workers.[/quote]
Then why are you arguing so hard for the guy making an income in the top 2% who isn’t working at all?
And what would you know about “the workers?” You just said you were in management.[/quote]
Yes, I’ve been following the pension issue for many, many years (far, far, far longer than you have), and I have also worked with negotiating committees and have done research for public employee unions. Yes, I’ve also spent most of my working years in the private sector.
I’ve never let my own self-interest get in the way of what I thought was right, which is why I advocate for eliminating Prop 13 protection for non-owner-occupied properties, even though we have benefited from it in the past and stand to benefit greatly in the future. It’s why I’ve advocated for changes to the pension systems that would go very much against my own interests. There are many things that I advocate for and against that go against my own self-interest. How about you?
See, I actually do research and make sure that I know what I’m talking about before spouting off, unlike you.
FYI, a person who makes $120K/year [about the average for a public safety worker with many years of experience, often in a management position (captain, etc.), including benefit costs and some overtime] in San Diego is in the top 21%, not the top 2%. Also in the top 21% in Vallejo. For the example in the story, which is probably an outlier, they are in the top 8% in both areas. See map with income percentiles. And they most certainly are “the workers.”
