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May 1, 2011 at 10:38 PM #692220May 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM #691107
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Guest[quote=CA renter]Wow, I can’t believe someone thinks prison guards are overpaid…talk about one of the worst and most difficult jobs out there. Again, if the job is so easy, and the guards are compensated so well, why aren’t all the complainers signing up? [/quote]
Are you still trying to use that strawman?
Read the article:
Over 120,000 people apply every year, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, but the academy only enrolls about 900. That’s an acceptance rate of less than 1%
Lots of people are trying to sign up. Few get in. And it’s not because the standards are so high.
But here’s the point that goes over your head every time this issue comes up: The taxpayers (i.e. you and me) are the EMPLOYERS of the prision guards. We have a every right to a say in the compensation of our EMPLOYEES, because we pay them with OUR money.
It’s not complaining, it’s simple business.
When you go to the grocery store, and notice that a price of a product is far too expensive, and then choose to buy a less expensive, comparable product instead, does that make you a complainer?
The taxpayers are being ripped off. Money is going from schools and other services to pay outrageous salaries to prison guards. We are paying them with money that does not exist. Money that our children will have to pay back decades from now.
You seem to be OK with this situation, even encouraging it.
But at least you’re not a “complainer.”
[And please don’t bother to bring up the “but bankers make so much money” argument. This issue has nothing to do with bankers.]
May 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM #691179Guest[quote=CA renter]Wow, I can’t believe someone thinks prison guards are overpaid…talk about one of the worst and most difficult jobs out there. Again, if the job is so easy, and the guards are compensated so well, why aren’t all the complainers signing up? [/quote]
Are you still trying to use that strawman?
Read the article:
Over 120,000 people apply every year, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, but the academy only enrolls about 900. That’s an acceptance rate of less than 1%
Lots of people are trying to sign up. Few get in. And it’s not because the standards are so high.
But here’s the point that goes over your head every time this issue comes up: The taxpayers (i.e. you and me) are the EMPLOYERS of the prision guards. We have a every right to a say in the compensation of our EMPLOYEES, because we pay them with OUR money.
It’s not complaining, it’s simple business.
When you go to the grocery store, and notice that a price of a product is far too expensive, and then choose to buy a less expensive, comparable product instead, does that make you a complainer?
The taxpayers are being ripped off. Money is going from schools and other services to pay outrageous salaries to prison guards. We are paying them with money that does not exist. Money that our children will have to pay back decades from now.
You seem to be OK with this situation, even encouraging it.
But at least you’re not a “complainer.”
[And please don’t bother to bring up the “but bankers make so much money” argument. This issue has nothing to do with bankers.]
May 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM #691783Guest[quote=CA renter]Wow, I can’t believe someone thinks prison guards are overpaid…talk about one of the worst and most difficult jobs out there. Again, if the job is so easy, and the guards are compensated so well, why aren’t all the complainers signing up? [/quote]
Are you still trying to use that strawman?
Read the article:
Over 120,000 people apply every year, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, but the academy only enrolls about 900. That’s an acceptance rate of less than 1%
Lots of people are trying to sign up. Few get in. And it’s not because the standards are so high.
But here’s the point that goes over your head every time this issue comes up: The taxpayers (i.e. you and me) are the EMPLOYERS of the prision guards. We have a every right to a say in the compensation of our EMPLOYEES, because we pay them with OUR money.
It’s not complaining, it’s simple business.
When you go to the grocery store, and notice that a price of a product is far too expensive, and then choose to buy a less expensive, comparable product instead, does that make you a complainer?
The taxpayers are being ripped off. Money is going from schools and other services to pay outrageous salaries to prison guards. We are paying them with money that does not exist. Money that our children will have to pay back decades from now.
You seem to be OK with this situation, even encouraging it.
But at least you’re not a “complainer.”
[And please don’t bother to bring up the “but bankers make so much money” argument. This issue has nothing to do with bankers.]
May 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM #691929Guest[quote=CA renter]Wow, I can’t believe someone thinks prison guards are overpaid…talk about one of the worst and most difficult jobs out there. Again, if the job is so easy, and the guards are compensated so well, why aren’t all the complainers signing up? [/quote]
Are you still trying to use that strawman?
Read the article:
Over 120,000 people apply every year, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, but the academy only enrolls about 900. That’s an acceptance rate of less than 1%
Lots of people are trying to sign up. Few get in. And it’s not because the standards are so high.
But here’s the point that goes over your head every time this issue comes up: The taxpayers (i.e. you and me) are the EMPLOYERS of the prision guards. We have a every right to a say in the compensation of our EMPLOYEES, because we pay them with OUR money.
It’s not complaining, it’s simple business.
When you go to the grocery store, and notice that a price of a product is far too expensive, and then choose to buy a less expensive, comparable product instead, does that make you a complainer?
The taxpayers are being ripped off. Money is going from schools and other services to pay outrageous salaries to prison guards. We are paying them with money that does not exist. Money that our children will have to pay back decades from now.
You seem to be OK with this situation, even encouraging it.
But at least you’re not a “complainer.”
[And please don’t bother to bring up the “but bankers make so much money” argument. This issue has nothing to do with bankers.]
May 2, 2011 at 7:16 AM #692273Guest[quote=CA renter]Wow, I can’t believe someone thinks prison guards are overpaid…talk about one of the worst and most difficult jobs out there. Again, if the job is so easy, and the guards are compensated so well, why aren’t all the complainers signing up? [/quote]
Are you still trying to use that strawman?
Read the article:
Over 120,000 people apply every year, according to the state Legislative Analyst’s Office, but the academy only enrolls about 900. That’s an acceptance rate of less than 1%
Lots of people are trying to sign up. Few get in. And it’s not because the standards are so high.
But here’s the point that goes over your head every time this issue comes up: The taxpayers (i.e. you and me) are the EMPLOYERS of the prision guards. We have a every right to a say in the compensation of our EMPLOYEES, because we pay them with OUR money.
It’s not complaining, it’s simple business.
When you go to the grocery store, and notice that a price of a product is far too expensive, and then choose to buy a less expensive, comparable product instead, does that make you a complainer?
The taxpayers are being ripped off. Money is going from schools and other services to pay outrageous salaries to prison guards. We are paying them with money that does not exist. Money that our children will have to pay back decades from now.
You seem to be OK with this situation, even encouraging it.
But at least you’re not a “complainer.”
[And please don’t bother to bring up the “but bankers make so much money” argument. This issue has nothing to do with bankers.]
May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM #691112Guest[quote=CA renter]I’m not saying that [nepotism] NEVER exists in the public sector, but it is far, far less common that what exists in the private sector.[/quote]
And it is completely legal in the private sector.
If the guy who owns the corner pizza shop wants to hire his brother instead of me, that’s OK – it’s his money.
Whose money is used to pay prison guards?
There is a consistent theme in your posts: You don’t seem to understand the key fiscal difference between the private and public sectors.
May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM #691184Guest[quote=CA renter]I’m not saying that [nepotism] NEVER exists in the public sector, but it is far, far less common that what exists in the private sector.[/quote]
And it is completely legal in the private sector.
If the guy who owns the corner pizza shop wants to hire his brother instead of me, that’s OK – it’s his money.
Whose money is used to pay prison guards?
There is a consistent theme in your posts: You don’t seem to understand the key fiscal difference between the private and public sectors.
May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM #691788Guest[quote=CA renter]I’m not saying that [nepotism] NEVER exists in the public sector, but it is far, far less common that what exists in the private sector.[/quote]
And it is completely legal in the private sector.
If the guy who owns the corner pizza shop wants to hire his brother instead of me, that’s OK – it’s his money.
Whose money is used to pay prison guards?
There is a consistent theme in your posts: You don’t seem to understand the key fiscal difference between the private and public sectors.
May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM #691934Guest[quote=CA renter]I’m not saying that [nepotism] NEVER exists in the public sector, but it is far, far less common that what exists in the private sector.[/quote]
And it is completely legal in the private sector.
If the guy who owns the corner pizza shop wants to hire his brother instead of me, that’s OK – it’s his money.
Whose money is used to pay prison guards?
There is a consistent theme in your posts: You don’t seem to understand the key fiscal difference between the private and public sectors.
May 2, 2011 at 7:25 AM #692278Guest[quote=CA renter]I’m not saying that [nepotism] NEVER exists in the public sector, but it is far, far less common that what exists in the private sector.[/quote]
And it is completely legal in the private sector.
If the guy who owns the corner pizza shop wants to hire his brother instead of me, that’s OK – it’s his money.
Whose money is used to pay prison guards?
There is a consistent theme in your posts: You don’t seem to understand the key fiscal difference between the private and public sectors.
May 2, 2011 at 8:32 AM #691148scaredyclassic
ParticipantPrivate like the banks the govt bailed out? I think I understand. Explain one more time the diff between public and private.
May 2, 2011 at 8:32 AM #691218ParticipantPrivate like the banks the govt bailed out? I think I understand. Explain one more time the diff between public and private.
May 2, 2011 at 8:32 AM #691823ParticipantPrivate like the banks the govt bailed out? I think I understand. Explain one more time the diff between public and private.
May 2, 2011 at 8:32 AM #691968ParticipantPrivate like the banks the govt bailed out? I think I understand. Explain one more time the diff between public and private.
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