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1 in 4 city workers made $100,000 or more, a figure more than double the city’s median income.
originally posted by: METACOMET
www.bostonglobe.com...
1 in 4 city workers made $100,000 or more, a figure more than double the city’s median income.
Click on the link above to see salaries. BPS= Boston Public Schools.
Historically, public sector pay has never kept pace with private sector, it couldn't since it doesn't generate any income besides that which it taxes and salaries are just recycled taxes paid by the private sector.
Hey, middle class people, the ones you should hate are slightly better off middle class people. Just kidding! I present this thread not as a right/left, conservative/progressive, libertarian/socialist, Wall St/Main St, or now public/private us vs them distracting false paradigm. We can play the blame game all day long and there is certainly a lot of it to go around.
All I'm saying is that this is simply not sustainable. This can only work for a short period of time but it WILL eventually fall apart.
Some 410 turnpike toll workers set to lose their jobs in 2016 will get raises worth $24 million to sweeten their departure, under an agreement reached Friday night between their union and the state.