NY Toll worker salaries..WOW

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Originally Posted by pointman

And we need to tax and spend more to get out of this recession!

This country is in big trouble if the politicians don't stop catering to the unions and continue to hold the private sector responsible for paying these ridiculously bloated salaries and pensions that we simply cannot afford.

Yes. $60,000 a year for a long-time public employee is terrible. We should be paying them minimum wage with zero pension, zero healthcare, and zero benefits.

Everyone knows it's the bloated former middle class, working 60 hours a week to afford a family and house, that has sucked this country dry.

Out of hundreds of toll workers, "twenty-four toll collectors at the bi-state agency have made more than $80,000 so far in 2011 — payments pumped up by massive overtime. Seven of those workers took in $90,000 or more."

Wow. Truly a scandal. That the toll authority isn't hiring more workers, but letting the workers that earn $40,000 a year work "massive overtime".

Because, you know, overworking current employees, versus hiring more, saves massive money in additional healthcare and pensions - wouldn't want that!

Oh. My. God. What a life of luxury. To earn less than $60,000 a year. With the opportunity to work 60 hours a week if you want a small bungalow and a family life in NY or NJ. If you're lucky and a "top earner".