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In reply to the discussion: Fiorina: ‘It is not fair’ that public workers are ‘so rich’ [View all]Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)22. "Fair" ?
There is no concept of "fair" in pure capitalism. It is "kill or be killed" business to achieve the most profit and money. There is no "fair" about it. The only time loser businesspeople like her bring up "fair" is when the free market system demands things they are ideologically opposed to---like increased wages to get better employees. For years public employees earned much less salary than their private counterparts, but had a better retirement package. Now that the bill is due for those years of cheap labor greedy business-types want to change the rules to avoid paying the bill.
The market system is "supply and demand". So when the supply of good labor is low then prices go up for good labor and employees.
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It still is. Republican Meg Whitman is finishing it off and pocketing cash, Bain style. nt
onehandle
Nov 2012
#12
The majority of public worker yearly pensions equal 2 days of her take-home
BumRushDaShow
Nov 2012
#8
Maybe she would feel more generous to those poor working stiffs if she had made $43 million.
tclambert
Nov 2012
#17
when was the last time someone retired from Congress to become a UNION president or lobbyist?
yurbud
Nov 2012
#37
Yeah, I bet her Los Altos Hills neighborhood is just overrun with public employees. nt
NoGOPZone
Nov 2012
#46