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A pictorial reminder of the budgetary priorities of NYC in regards to its emergency and municipal workers.
From the NY Times,
"The starting salaries of firefighters, currently $36,878, will drop to $25,100 for a 13-week period when firefighters train in the Fire Academy, and then increase to $32,700. Those salaries will rise to a maximum base of $63,309, up from $54,048."
So after three months firefighters make $32,700, opposed to the $25,100 cops and $26,000 garbage men start off at.
While I am all for firefighting and appreciate their role as emergency first responders, police cannot be kept at the bottom of the totem pole for long before the record crime lows in NY start creeping up again.
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People around the world apparently didn't read your post on "Good Idea/Bad Idea":
ReplyDeleteParis Riots:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4399510.stm
Argentinian Riots:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4399362.stm
Have you seen any editorial-like response to these salary announcements from any of these municipal workers. Or protests in any shape or form?
ReplyDeleteYea, I see rioting has gotten quite popular.
ReplyDeleteI've heard complaints about the police salary change when they first announced they were lowering it. But it has subsided since then.
the avg police officer walking the city beat doesn't do a damn thing. facility management/sanitation engineers genuinely do more than the avg pig.
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