Sweeping layoffs of gov employees are needed to prevent NY fr going bankrupt

[katty]

more:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.f385c2ed911fca31a34d5da9783ee7aa.551&show_article=1

Sweeping layoffs of government employees are needed to prevent New York going bankrupt, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday.
Bloomberg, who is in tense negotiations with municipal workers' unions, said an extra 7,000 jobs would have to go unless major reductions are made in employee benefits.

"We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city," he said in comments broadcast on NY1 television.


Bloomberg, running for a third mayoral term at the end of this year, said that proposals from unions so far were "nowhere near what is adequate."

[David Dunham]

1. The unions are being really dumb

[hlthe2b]

2. How so?

[Constance Craving]

3. Could this be

Another case of single payer health care really being the answer? Most likely.

[bemildred]

4. Bloomberg needs to learn about the benefits of tax-funded single-payer national public health care.

(Notice I said nothing about insurance?)

And of course bolstering the Social Security system as a universal retirement system, making it stronger and more generous, would be a big help too. There is a lot of money out there, you just have to go find it and tax it.