It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think it's unrealistic for public-sector employees to believe that they are immune from modifications to their pay and benefit packages.
Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.
When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.
When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.
Much of what's called 'public' is increasingly a private good paid for by users - ever-higher tolls on public highways and public bridges, higher tuitions at so-called public universities, higher admission fees at public parks and public museums.
Public sector employees are the eyes and ears on the ground for the communities they serve.
Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset.
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.
As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.
Public employees contribute real value for the benefit of all citizens. Public-union bosses collect real money from all taxpayers for the benefit of a few.