Tuesday, March 08, 2011

"Protect the Little Guy?" Not Rosen of MATC

You might have heard that MATC faculty members earn more than UW-M faculty members.

And you might have heard that the (non-elected-tax-taking) MATC Board approved a super-rich contract for MATC faculty.

Some union people are more equal than other union people.

Members of the Milwaukee Area Technical College Board had strong words for Gov. Scott Walker on Monday before approving a new contract for some of the college's lowest-paid employees that will protect their collective bargaining rights for two years but impose pension and health insurance premium concessions the governor is demanding from public workers.

Compared with a three-year contract the board approved last month for MATC teachers and paraprofessionals, the concessions in the two-year contract approved Monday for MATC service workers are markedly more severe.

Who's "Shamed" now?

2 comments:

Saint Revolution said...

Every one of these "pigs-at-the-trough" pension fund dollars is either a taxpayer dollar or a financial return off of a taxpayer dllar...all off "the broken financial backs" of Wisconsin taxpayers.

I WANT MY MONEY BACK! NOW!!!

Don't forget. UNLIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR, WISCONSIN "PIG" PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS' PENSIONS ARE GUARANTEED A RETURN IN ANY ONE YEAR! LOOK IT UP! So, if, in any one year, the pension fund doesn't achieve its financial return goal(s), THE WISCONSIN TAXPAYERS MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE! In other words, we Wisconsin taxpayers are paying into these pension funds through "both the front and back doors".

When is the last time the private sector worker was guaranteed ANYTHING?!

So why are we paying the fund managers of these public pension funds, WHO ARE STATE WORKERS THEMSELVES, $300,000.00+ per year in salary alone (LOOK IT UP!) if they don't really have to make any one "goalized return" in any one year based upon the knowledge that the Wisconsin taxpayers will make up the difference?!

WHAT THE HELL ARE WE PAYING AND EMPLOYING THESE FRAUDS FOR?!

Everything...EVERYTHING...EVERY EVERY EVERYTHING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR CAN BE PRIVATIZED! Cops, firemen, any public sector worker up to and including the governorship...EVERY JOB can be relegated to competition. Make NO mistake about this. Make NO mistake about this!


My brother has a friend who is an MPS teacher. My brother's friend recently told my brother that he (my brother's friend (MBF)) will be retiring in his early fifties. Remember, the government is RAISING the age of Social Security retirement for the rest of us private sector "saps"...probably to 70 years old. MBF also told my brother that, because of a union settlement, MBF will be receiving TWO SEPARATE PENSIONS in retirement. The original pension will come from the State. The second pension was recently negotiated by the union to come from The City Of Milwaukee. Thus, MBF will be receiving TWO pensions in retirement...from your tax dollars.

My aunt is a former, now retired, Milwaukee cop. I have managed her investments for decades now. She receives THREE separate life isurances from The City Of Milwaukee...because of union contract settlements. She receives, in retirement, retroactive union contract settlement payments from union contracts from YEARS AGO that are just recently being settled. These retroactive union contract settlement payments from union contracts from YEARS AGO that are just recently being settled have been tens of thousands of dollars to my aunt.

I have a neighbour who is a cop. He has five kids, a NON-WORKING wife (she works for free right now in the school district...she is hoping to get a school district public sector job...surprise, surprise!), he owns/drives two very late model Cadillacs, five total cars, a classic car, a two story house worth over $300,000.00, and he and his wife and his kids are all massively overweight...all of it (including their fat) paid for by your and my tax dollars.

All these years, public sector negotiations were held behind closed doors between unions and GOVERNMENT WORKERS! School boards, politicians, municipal assemblymen, cops, firemen...all were negotiating their own FAT pay raises WITH NO CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE FOR THE TAXPAYER...TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!


WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Saint Revolution said...

If you "surf" to Walker's and Kleefisch's web site(s), you can read a synopsized biography of Walker and/or Kleefisch. Walker fought as hard as he could in Milwaukee during the pension scandal but, in the end, his hands were somewhat tied by a MASSIVELY corrupt government. An excerpt from Walker's (and Kleefisch's) web site: "...In 2002, Scott was elected Milwaukee County Executive to reform the scandal-ridden county government. The scandal rocked Milwaukee County to its core and left taxpayers ON THE HOOK for millions in pension obligations...".

Pension obligations to corrupt "pigs at the trough" that taxpayers are STILL paying for.



NO ONE is talking about the REAL problems...not even Walker...at least not yet. There are two basic massive problems being left totally unaddressed.

#1:
The MASSIVE salaries these public sector "pigs" are taking home. Get off your ass, do your research, look this stuff up. These public sector workers are RAPING the taxpayer in salaries alone. Pension and retirement input is only half the problem. These salaries need "across the board cuts" of 60% - 90%, depending upon who and what salary.

#2:
THE RETIREMENT PERCENTAGE!!! These public sector "pigs" are retiring on percentages (up to and including 100% of their last salary made) that are NON-EXISTENT in the private sector except for the Godless corrupt few at the top of corporations who have who sold their Souls long ago...this is another corruption that needs to be addressed...topic for another day.

Remember: You cut the salaries and, even if these "pigs" retain 100% retirement percentage, 100% of $35K or $40K is still only $35K or $40K.


The corrupt cops and firemen also have to be addressed, held accountable, downsized, and "broken" financially as well..like you "break" a horse.



WAKE UP WISCONSIN...GET OFF YOUR APATHETIC ASSES AND STOP THIS ORGANIZED CRIME AND COMPLETE FINANCIAL RAPE. Inform yourself, educate yourself, get involved, get angry, and GET MOVING!!!

Don't forget the penultimate question: WHAT THE HELL HAVE WE GOTTEN BACK FROM THE SYSTEM FOR ALL OF OUR DOLLARS INTO THE SYSTEM?!

Where are the torches, pitchforks, and scythes?!

Frankenstein DOES live...it's called GOVERNMENT!