by Guest » Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:38 pm
Maddog wrote:wutang wrote:Maddog wrote:Legally they have to pay everyone, yet the amount of money in the treasury is not enough to do that. I'm not a lawyer Wu, but I know that 100 grand wont pay a million bucks in bills, no matter what your political ideaolgy is.
Thats a problem for the City Officials to deal with (again, both sides have suggested means to raise the revenue so the 'we haz no choice' is disingenuous).... the workers shouldnt be expected to just accept it.
It is their problem. A problem I don't have an answer for. Scranton is already a depressed area, and raising taxes will simply push people to cheaper areas. I think he is trying to buy time without laying off huge numbers of city workers. Legally, I think he can fire half the workforce tomorrow. Not sure that is a good solution either.
So far, I have seen dozens of posts about what he shouldn't do. Not one describing what he should do.
It's too fucking late to do anything. The 3 years of austerity ruined that place. What do you want us to suggest?
Turn it into the austerity museum so financiers can go to see that austerity doesn't work
[quote="Maddog"][quote="wutang"][quote="Maddog"]
Legally they have to pay everyone, yet the amount of money in the treasury is not enough to do that. I'm not a lawyer Wu, but I know that 100 grand wont pay a million bucks in bills, no matter what your political ideaolgy is.[/quote]
Thats a problem for the City Officials to deal with (again, both sides have suggested means to raise the revenue so the 'we haz no choice' is disingenuous).... the workers shouldnt be expected to just accept it.[/quote]
It is their problem. A problem I don't have an answer for. Scranton is already a depressed area, and raising taxes will simply push people to cheaper areas. I think he is trying to buy time without laying off huge numbers of city workers. Legally, I think he can fire half the workforce tomorrow. Not sure that is a good solution either.
So far, I have seen dozens of posts about what he shouldn't do. Not one describing what he should do.[/quote]
It's too fucking late to do anything. The 3 years of austerity ruined that place. What do you want us to suggest?
Turn it into the austerity museum so financiers can go to see that austerity doesn't work :whistle: