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23. Tax those corporate tenants... there's plenty of money there

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 07:48 PM

Nov 2013

Gnome sayin'?

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Another U.S. city mulls bankruptcy due to soaring wages and pensions [View all] alp227 Nov 2013 OP

"burdensome salary and pension costs" KatyMan Nov 2013 #1

If cities mismanage their finances they will go bankrupt hack89 Nov 2013 #2

The employees are not to blame hack89 Nov 2013 #20

Tax those corporate tenants... there's plenty of money there LooseWilly Nov 2013 #23

I doubt a small resort town has a lot of corporate tenants hack89 Nov 2013 #25

Walmart, McDonald's, TacoTown, etc... all probably live there somewhere LooseWilly Nov 2013 #27

So what percentage will you tax them at hack89 Nov 2013 #28

budget messes are every where in the public sector beachbum bob Nov 2013 #3

The reason pension cost rose is because they upaloopa Nov 2013 #9

Well, technically... a defined benefit plan's cost can't "rise"... LooseWilly Nov 2013 #24

I work for a county government and am a SEIU upaloopa Nov 2013 #30

In some years past, maybe as far as decades Trillo Nov 2013 #4

Why don't you do some research on the subject upaloopa Nov 2013 #10

That has nothing to do with pensions upaloopa Nov 2013 #15

That's not what I read, or was told, Trillo Nov 2013 #16

I am a government worker what I said is true upaloopa Nov 2013 #17

"Six figure pensions" Trillo Nov 2013 #18

Not under a typical pension system. haele Nov 2013 #12

Legalize and tax the herb! zappaman Nov 2013 #5

"burdensome salary and pension costs" usually means Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #6

All of these pensions were doable... ReverendDeuce Nov 2013 #7

+1 Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #21

Pensions are dangerous for a long term company. A lot of risk. nt Logical Nov 2013 #8

You know in 50's and 60's just about every worker had upaloopa Nov 2013 #11

when a company goes bellyup onethatcares Nov 2013 #22

How about fucking raising taxes gopiscrap Nov 2013 #26