tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post1691694175297075295..comments2024-03-28T05:47:44.752-05:00Comments on RIFLES AT DAWN: I'll Take That Kind Of Pay "Hit" Any TimeTim Morrisseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457723301178870851noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-91663153800321397322010-08-12T12:27:25.644-05:002010-08-12T12:27:25.644-05:00Umnnnhh....AIG is history, George.
You missed som...Umnnnhh....AIG is history, George.<br /><br />You missed something in your analysis: there's a HELLUVA big difference between private industry and public entities.<br /><br />Public entities steal money at the point of a gun. Private industry has to survive in other ways.<br /><br />We are NOT comparing Teacher Sally with the Chairman of Goldie. We're comparing their methods of getting the income.<br /><br />And, yes, whether they are actually worth it; but that's secondary.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-53626635356174647292010-08-11T12:36:33.869-05:002010-08-11T12:36:33.869-05:00Yes, those exorbitant 3.5 percent teachers' ra...Yes, those exorbitant 3.5 percent teachers' raises are appalling, unless, of course, your private sector rate of increase is as an executive or management for an insurance company, or oil company, or health services/financial services company. Perhaps Dad could suggest AIG and Goldman Sachs and Aetna, along with war-profiteers, bite the bullet, too? Damning indeed.George H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00510456908334451963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-23811327330339345462010-08-11T11:44:11.437-05:002010-08-11T11:44:11.437-05:00Colonel,
>> (No, it’s not a “TWO percent cu...Colonel,<br /><br />>> (No, it’s not a “TWO percent cut” – two percent of 10 is 0.2, which is a two-tenths of a percent cut. It’s a two percentage-point cut, to be technical.) <<<br /><br />I'm proud of you for examining the numbers like that! It can be dicier to do that than to examine somebody's limping grammar. If you get into formulae and unit conversions and powers of ten, boy, howdy! Watch out!<br /><br />But you are, of course, correct.<br /><br />The Town Crank<br />Neenah, WISteve Erbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065643506800242801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-573188106264061392.post-7445404630603925922010-08-11T10:03:22.684-05:002010-08-11T10:03:22.684-05:00Even more damning was the rate-of-increase number ...Even more damning was the rate-of-increase number over the last 10 (or so) years--<br /><br />Far more than private sector rate-of-increase in that timeframe.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.com