tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post5111076818193622045..comments2024-03-28T00:18:25.641-07:00Comments on Calafia Beach Pundit: A simple Irish solution to cutting deficitsScott Grannishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-8393172401661414822010-04-10T08:33:00.226-07:002010-04-10T08:33:00.226-07:00Scott,
I think that story drives home the fantasy...Scott,<br /><br />I think that story drives home the fantasy world the public sector lives in. That guy's supervisor thought an effective punishment would be...don't give him any work and make him stay home. No thought about firing him, because public employees are almost impossible to get rid of, and no apparent concern for the taxpayers getting ripped off. The mind reels...Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-21063081633793596062010-04-08T19:01:49.133-07:002010-04-08T19:01:49.133-07:00Paul: love the chair moistener story. It's out...Paul: love the chair moistener story. It's outrageous. I'm sure most civil servants are hard working and well-intentioned, but even they should cringe at such stories.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-51276576313538119102010-04-08T18:27:10.427-07:002010-04-08T18:27:10.427-07:00Depends on the MOS and the ribbons on their chest....Depends on the MOS and the ribbons on their chest. A pogue, a REMF, doesn't deserve the same benefits as a dangerous specialty.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842065702455026249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-43761066996851513232010-04-08T18:13:37.239-07:002010-04-08T18:13:37.239-07:00Paul-
But please, no more military-style pensions...Paul-<br /><br />But please, no more military-style pensions. A guy can work at a stateside supply depot for 20 years, and retire. Let's say at age 40. Very likely, we end paying his pension for 40 years--two years for every one in service. Plus VA benefits. plus spousal benefits--could extend the benefit more decades into the future.<br /><br />I know of no private sector company that Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-15618633458191321212010-04-08T16:22:19.118-07:002010-04-08T16:22:19.118-07:00Great post, Scott.
Government unions should be ou...Great post, Scott.<br /><br />Government unions should be outlawed, and pay should be on a military scale. There's no reason why some <a href="http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=918324" rel="nofollow">chair moistener</a> should be making more than an 11 Bravo off fighting the Taliban.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842065702455026249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-81431804519835693522010-04-08T14:29:22.094-07:002010-04-08T14:29:22.094-07:00"I have never heard an American economic cons..."I have never heard an American economic conservative properly articulate the free market failure that occurs, when it comes to pollution."<br /><br />Not surprising.<br /><br /><br />"I think there must be about, oh, 23 or 45 true economic conservatives, or what I call "classic economists," in the entire country. We won't swing any elections, that is for sure.<br /><Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06843411100678811292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-21962683778627968222010-04-08T14:26:29.123-07:002010-04-08T14:26:29.123-07:00Our country has way to many people now dependent o...Our country has way to many people now dependent on the government (i.e. us the folks who are paying taxes - there are only about 52% of us left....soon will be 50% or below) to ever be able to make cuts such as these. The more of an entitlement/hand out society we become, the worse it continues to get. Uggh...just amazing what our President is leading us towards..he couldn't be happier.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00939788327871137653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-82078492474960033082010-04-08T13:39:13.763-07:002010-04-08T13:39:13.763-07:00I refer the phrase "classic economist."...I refer the phrase "classic economist."<br /><br />People in the USA who say there are "economic conservatives" are prone to overlook government excesses that are allied with political conservatives. <br /><br />I say a subsidy is a subsidy, a pension is a pension (military or civilian or public safety), a deficit dollar is a deficit dollar.<br /><br />And Milton Friedman Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-78986859285621422072010-04-08T12:17:59.586-07:002010-04-08T12:17:59.586-07:00I am convinced that the more a person looks at how...I am convinced that the more a person looks at how markets and economies work, and how politics can interfere with things, the more likely he or she is to become an economic conservative.Scott Grannishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14028519647946868684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-37740615555625039142010-04-08T12:05:38.105-07:002010-04-08T12:05:38.105-07:00Wow, what an elegant solution in it's simplici...Wow, what an elegant solution in it's simplicity. The corollary with health care and any other government benefits, if there is no sharing of the burden, even if at a small level, then there is no incentive to participate in controlling costs. Simply, every one should pay some taxes - everyone.<br /><br />Since you mentioned Mark Perry twice in one day, I wanted to explore the background ofrandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368254229927808998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-40466562088091381382010-04-08T11:55:49.485-07:002010-04-08T11:55:49.485-07:00The other bomb is publis sector pensions.
The au...The other bomb is publis sector pensions. <br /><br />The aura built up around public safety employees is invincible. Pensions, and fat ones, after 20 or 25 years of service is the norm. Often, obligations to younger surviving spouses can extend decades and decades into the horizon. <br /><br />U.S. military also can take lifelong pensions after 20 years. A guy can be 38, full of vim and vigor, Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6616959642391988608.post-74668222487858477352010-04-08T11:43:20.679-07:002010-04-08T11:43:20.679-07:00Boy o boy. Good luck with that.Boy o boy. Good luck with that.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652253509768573561noreply@blogger.com