Re: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Bring on a Ryan Budget

[Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net [FairfieldLife]]

Pensions were never meant to keep paying the salary you received when 
working. They were made to make your retirement more comfortable than 
just having Social Security.  Same was true in selling the idea of 401Ks 
and we know how well that worked out.  Unless you are a money hound and 
at least an amateur stockbroker these often don't work out well at all.

I've read some posts on a board from folks getting these pensions and 
admitting that though they're nice to get weren't really all that necessary.

On 08/18/2015 12:03 PM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] 
wrote:
Not so sure the cities *offer* these unsustainable pensions as much as 
the unions demand them. Cities are stuck kicking the can down the road 
for some other mayor to fix.

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City problems are due to really incompetent people running them be 
they Republican or Democrat.  They've done stupid things like offer 
unsustainable pension plans to attract new employees.  I still think 
those were sold to them because Wall Street wanted to gamble with that 
money.  We've allowed these people to run things because the public is 
generally apathetic and a lot of city elections are confusing and corrupt.

On 08/17/2015 04:51 PM, William Leed wle...@aol.com 
<mailto:wle...@aol.com> [FairfieldLife] wrote:


Reagan was NOT a city mayor but was state & federal & HIS time lifted 
my boat & still in part does 4 many thanks to the tax changes & more !4

 It LIFT not like bu the did enjoy boating I note, With respect & a 
smile cities are stil in it many close to bankruptcy !
  I as is the Fed affecting our great G.G.G  &Great grand children, & 
the un born to my perhaps our regret Bring on the Ryan Budget soon!


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Reagan didn't life all boats either and neither did the Bushes so 
it's not just the Democrats fault.

On 08/17/2015 06:49 AM, Mike Dixon mdixon.6...@yahoo.com 
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    Misery loves company.

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Lawrence Smith <lawrencesmi...@frontier.com>
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    Sent: Sun, Aug 16, 2015 9:18 pm

    *10 Poorest Cities in America (How did it happen?)
    City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level
    1. Detroit , MI 32.5%
    2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%
    3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%
    4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%
    5. Miami , FL 26.9%
    5. St. Louis , MO 26.8%
    7. El Paso , TX 26.4%
    8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%
    9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%
    10. Newark , NJ 24.2%*
    *
    What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest
    poverty rate all have in common?*

      * Detroit, MI   - (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected
        a Republican mayor since 1961
      * Buffalo, NY  - (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954
      * Cincinnati, OH - (3rd) not since 1984
      * Cleveland, OH - (4th) not since 1989
      * Miami, FL    - (5th) has never had a Republican mayor
      * St. Louis, MO - (6th) not since 1949
      * El Paso, TX - (7th) has never had a Republican mayor
      * Milwaukee, WI - (8th) not since 1908
      * Philadelphia, PA - (9th) not since 1952
      * Newark, NJ - (10th) not since 1907

    Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same
    thing over and over again and expecting different results.'
    *
    It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats....... Yet they are
    still POOR.*

      * You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
      * You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
      * You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
      * You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer
        down.
      * You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class
        hatred.
      * You cannot build character and courage by taking away
        people's initiative and independence.
      * You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what
        they could and should do for themselves.

    *
            Abraham Lincoln*