Comments on: Rachel Maddow Exposes Michigan Republicans Secret War On Democracy

By: DanD

DanD — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 01:03:47 +0000

You can’t make a statement about what should or SHOULD NOT happen and call it a fact–that’s an opinion, doll. And opinions are as ubiquitous as, well, anal orifices. Everyone has one.
BTW, a lot of studies have shown that government employes do not make more than private employees doing the same thing. Look it up.

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By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:33:37 +0000

Well, if government employees doing the same work for better money than private sector employees shouldn’t make more money, then, should private sector employees be making more than their government counterparts? See, just as unfair! But, if your idea floats your boat, perhaps we could all move to Russia in the 1940′s and every type of employee (government or private sector) will make exactly the same pay for exactly the same job (namely farming).

Wait… Didn’t the right-wing governments of the past 50 years get us dragged into a series of horrible un-winnable wars trying to save us from the dreaded “C” word?!

Oh, and by the way, welcome to Logic.

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By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:11:58 +0000

By the same token, then, no private sector employee doing the same work as a government employee should ever make more money. See to it.

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By: Bunj

Bunj — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:18:45 +0000

@ Igotta Brain

Perhaps unions are too powerful and public employee benefits are too high, but anyone who attributes our massive deficits to overpaid public employees is being incredibly myopic. Cuts are nessecary, but why on earth would anyone celebrate cutting teaching jobs, upping class size, cutting title classes, or any other state services and continuing corporate and wealthy tax cuts under the guise that they generate jobs when they are sitting on 1.4 trillion (low estimate) dollars. The public employees aren’t just assembly line workers putting a bolt on here our punching a button they are teachers, police, and untility workers maintain the things that make our civilization great and allow taxpayers like us to go about our lives not worring about clean water, electricity, transortation, educatiuon, etc… And their jobs are difficult. Have you ever tried to teach a class at any level. If you think you could just walk off the street and do it and do it well you are incredible ignorant. Not to mention that unless you are so rich that you have your own roads or send your kids to private schools (if you even have any) or are living completely off the grid you are going to be hurt by all the cuts that are not going to reducing employee benfits. Why can’t people see how much we truely do depend on these services and that privatizing them could very well put them out of reach for many of the people who are exponents of these policies. You think you have power, that this will workout for you? I hope so, the rest of us in the middle or at the bottom who realize how dangerously close we are to disintigration are fighting so that the few luxuries we can all enjoy do not become priveleges for only those with money. We are the richest country in the world and we have one of the largest inequalities in the world. We are having to make sacrifces?

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By: Rafael

Rafael — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:10:28 +0000

If you are believing Rachel Maddow all hope is lost for you! This is more left propaganda about hungry, kids, and defenseless seniors… Its always the same. Fact of the matter, government employees doing the same work as private sector employees, SHOULD NOT make more money. Taxes from the private sector employees pay for the salary of those in government. No matter which way you slice the pie. Democrats and Unions in government are working hand in hand to take from taxpayers. Stop all the divisive talk and man-up!

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