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joether -> RE: It's not getting better - (7/9/2012 7:25:35 PM)
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Not surprisingly of FOX News to 'adjust' the information to the conservative viewpoint. We wouldnt want 'facts' and 'evidence' to reach the conservative audience, right? Better to keep conservatives ignorant, dumb, and clueless; makes it easier to control them....like peons or slaves...
At issue is a budget gap of $16.8 million dollars. As of last friday (July 6), the city had about $5,000 in cash plus what it made that day from payments. But was clear it wasn't enough to stave off the $1 million payroll for 400 city wide workers. An by the looks of it, a few things can be seen:
A) The City Council torpedeo'd any attempts by the mayor to fix the problem by raising taxes 29%. They apparently did not have a better proposal when they voted down the proposal. Likewise, they didnt seem to care what would happen to the city's workers either. As all attempts by the press to meet with them have failed. Also, the MINUTES for the meeting on July 5th are not posted yet.
B) This little gem from NPR (not surprisingly FOX News didnt print...):
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"I'm trying to do the best I can with the limited amount of funds that I have," Doherty says, "I want the employees to get paid. Our people work hard — our police and fire — I just don't have enough money and I can't print it in the basement."
From NPR two days before FOX News reported on it.
C) The mayor and other groups have tried solving the problems in creative ways. But the city council has killed each and every measure. Makes one wonder which political party these members come from?
While I can not verify it right now, this whole thing strikes me as a conservative 'starve the beast' tactic. In that rather than deal with the problems like adults, certain individuals would like to see a US City faulter and die, in some sort of insane manner of showing their financial system is good for America. Well, it doesnt appear to work well. How about those cities just go into deficit spending mode? Worked for Republicans going all the way back to the Reagan Administration! One thing should be noted, the mayor did state to the workers before the July 5th City Council meeting that paychecks might be lighter if things did not go as plan. Unfortunately, the mayor seems to have been proved right.
I suspect the taxes will get raised in the future. And they'll be higher than if the morons trying to 'starve the beast' had never interjected their lame-ass version of economics on the city. Further, those members of the City Council might wish to leave the area for a....LONG....time. Since it appears they are the ones at fault in this mess. The real sad part is.....Scranton is a nice city. Its to bad its having these financial troubles.
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