With Dems like these.........

[marmar]

from the NY Times:




Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, joining a parade of officials from across the country who are seeking to rein in spending by limiting public employees’ pensions, proposed Wednesday to broadly limit retirement benefits for new city and state workers in New York.

Mr. Cuomo said New York State and New York City simply could no longer afford to offer new employees the generous benefits their predecessors received.

Among the most significant changes the governor proposes is to raise the minimum retirement age to 65 from 62 for state workers, and to 65 from 57 for teachers.

“The numbers speak for themselves — the pension system as we know it is unsustainable,” the governor said in a statement. “This bill institutes common-sense reforms to bring government benefits more in line with the private sector while still serving our employees and protecting our retirees.” ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/09/nyregion/cuomo-proposes-tough-limits-on-pensions.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion

[xchrom]

1. Isn't his time up? Nt

[TheWraith]

2. What do you mean? nt

[xchrom]

3. andrew cuomo. he should just sit down. this isn't what we need. nt

[TheWraith]

6. *Shrug*

He's got an absurdly high approval rating in NY, 71%, and with the legislature basically being one large scale preschool temper tantrum, he's pretty much the driving force in NYS government. So the only way he disappears any time soon is if he gets garroted by the leg the way his last two predecessors did.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Spoken like a true....Democrat? Fuck the workers?

Or is this an exercise in shrinking the "dimes worth of difference between the two parties" to a wooden nickel.

[xchrom]

5. take a look at this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1263873

the 'as long as they are democrat it's all good' logic is in play.

[benlurkin]

7. the 'as long as they are democrat it's all good' logic is in play.

You can apply that to most Weiner threads, while you're at it.

[xchrom]

8. i'll take weiner over another dem who's going after pensions.

one is considerably more important than the other.

[Larkspur]

9. But at least he's not taking their collective bargaining rights away

I wonder how much it will cost as those nearing 65 end up taking disability due to age related illnesses.

[Fuddnik]

10. Hopefully, Cuomo will get caught tweeting his junk to Giuliani!

[xchrom]

11. Dueling Italian junk pics!

They can entertain each other.

[marmar]

12. The mere use of "Giuliani" and "junk" in the same sentence......

...... is causing irreparable harm to my mental health.

[xchrom]

14. ...

:spray: i'm pretty sure he would dress like marilyn when he took the pic too.

[Jefferson23]

13. K&R