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To: SilentZ who wrote (745100)	10/8/2013 5:25:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576346

Z, My point was that the financial sector is an example of where private sector workers do get raises to "make up" for bad times. And there are others. So if public workers want to negotiate for the same, why not? There is no set rule in the financial sector that says there ought to be bonuses to "make up" for the bad times. They might do that, but then again, they'll give any reason to give themselves bonuses. Their salaries are not funded by taxpayers, except maybe AIG, and you remember how much of a stink was raised when AIG execs were partying at the St. Regis in Laguna Beach while getting bailed out. They're a poor excuse for public unions, who work for the government and therefore the taxpayers, to demand the same. You would never tolerate such lavish bonuses if you were a financial sector executive (or a government official in charge of oversight thereof), so why tolerate it for public workers? Because they're the "99%"? Tenchusatsu