First, Mayor Bloomberg is a Billionaire. Second the workers are always the ones that cause the city to go Bankrupt, with their high wages, Benefits, Health Care, etc., that they negotiate in the contracts when the city wants to negotiate with them. It is never the big bonuses that are given to the Supervisors, or the Bank CEO's, or Wall St Big wigs, it is the workers. Where did the Pension money go when Wall St and the Big Banks collapsed in end of 2008. Into the Very Rich Pockets that where!!! Who got BAILOUT by the US Tax Payers, Bank CEO's and Wall St Big Wags. Who got the big Bonuses, the Bank CEO's and Wall St Big Wigs. Who got the shaft and still getting the shift; The American Workers, The Poor, The Disadvantaged, Sick, WOMEN!!! Bloomberg is another Gutless Wonder!!! Freaking JOKE!!!***
rick mordecon - 11 years ago
bloomberg lost all credibility during Sandy when he basically forgot that over 250,000 people had no electricity heat or water, and instead focused on providing cold champagne for the marathon watchers up in central park. he is a diletente, and a plutocrat. I'm sorry I ever voted for him.
Liz - 11 years ago
Great job Ed, keep up the good work!!
Liz - 11 years ago
Well Michael Bloomberg is just like Chris Christie and other mayors taking orders from the Koch Brothers. Christie's works on Wall Street and he like Bloomberg has blamed the union workers for the states down fall when he is spending money that was for Sandy projects. We all need to get rid of these governors and mayors who are getting paid by us and the Koch Brothers before every state will be bankrupt which is what the Kochs want.
Yvette - 11 years ago
Ed,
Keep exposing this national right wing attack on US workers who actually work instead of shuffling papers on Wall St. that helps no one. You're the best.
Ray L. Swager - 11 years ago
People have forgotten the amount necessary to bail out the big banks. THANKS Ed for taking on this subject and keeping Detroit and the predicament CITY workers are in. Most have worked their entire adult life for cities either as police, fireman or teachers and regular city employees. They have done so with mostly wages the executives of companies and Wall Street would sneeze at. But they did so because the cities told them and their respective unions that they would be compensated later during their retirement years if they would work for a little less at the time of their contract negotiations. Thanks Ed again for keeping this issue alive and for covering this subject in depth like it should be.
Janis Smith - 11 years ago
Detroit was used as the blueprint. All 26 RED CURTAIN cities are in jeopardy. Using the RED states as a backdoor to usurp the Democratic Republic of America.
pate DV - 11 years ago
Only wish people would do a little research on what Unions have done to better our life in this country. I just watched a docu about the coal miners and Matwon. The term Socialism continues to formulate a big lie.
Sarah Jean - 11 years ago
Ed - You are right on point. So happy to hear someone defending the working person. Same tactics being used in Chicago by our "democratic" mayor. We need you here!
Tony Wilson - 11 years ago
Ed, any new taxes have to be aimed at the people that can afford it. those of us that don't make enough money to begin with, have got to have some relief. any transportation tax or wall st transaction tax MUST BE shouldered by the people that have done and are still doing the best in this downed and strained and slow moving economy.
Mark - 11 years ago
Have people forgotten the games Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Citicorp played with our money for years that brought our economy to its knees in 2008. Have people forgotten the CEOs and top executives of Wall Street walked away with huge bonuses while the rest of us lost jobs, retirement funds and are still struggling?
DonnaJoy - 11 years ago
Mayor Emmanuel is playing the same pensions game in Chicago with the Chicago Public School Teachers so he can build more charter schools and give his buddies on Wall Streetmore profits.
First, Mayor Bloomberg is a Billionaire. Second the workers are always the ones that cause the city to go Bankrupt, with their high wages, Benefits, Health Care, etc., that they negotiate in the contracts when the city wants to negotiate with them. It is never the big bonuses that are given to the Supervisors, or the Bank CEO's, or Wall St Big wigs, it is the workers. Where did the Pension money go when Wall St and the Big Banks collapsed in end of 2008. Into the Very Rich Pockets that where!!! Who got BAILOUT by the US Tax Payers, Bank CEO's and Wall St Big Wags. Who got the big Bonuses, the Bank CEO's and Wall St Big Wigs. Who got the shaft and still getting the shift; The American Workers, The Poor, The Disadvantaged, Sick, WOMEN!!! Bloomberg is another Gutless Wonder!!! Freaking JOKE!!!***
bloomberg lost all credibility during Sandy when he basically forgot that over 250,000 people had no electricity heat or water, and instead focused on providing cold champagne for the marathon watchers up in central park. he is a diletente, and a plutocrat. I'm sorry I ever voted for him.
Great job Ed, keep up the good work!!
Well Michael Bloomberg is just like Chris Christie and other mayors taking orders from the Koch Brothers. Christie's works on Wall Street and he like Bloomberg has blamed the union workers for the states down fall when he is spending money that was for Sandy projects. We all need to get rid of these governors and mayors who are getting paid by us and the Koch Brothers before every state will be bankrupt which is what the Kochs want.
Ed,
Keep exposing this national right wing attack on US workers who actually work instead of shuffling papers on Wall St. that helps no one. You're the best.
People have forgotten the amount necessary to bail out the big banks. THANKS Ed for taking on this subject and keeping Detroit and the predicament CITY workers are in. Most have worked their entire adult life for cities either as police, fireman or teachers and regular city employees. They have done so with mostly wages the executives of companies and Wall Street would sneeze at. But they did so because the cities told them and their respective unions that they would be compensated later during their retirement years if they would work for a little less at the time of their contract negotiations. Thanks Ed again for keeping this issue alive and for covering this subject in depth like it should be.
Detroit was used as the blueprint. All 26 RED CURTAIN cities are in jeopardy. Using the RED states as a backdoor to usurp the Democratic Republic of America.
Only wish people would do a little research on what Unions have done to better our life in this country. I just watched a docu about the coal miners and Matwon. The term Socialism continues to formulate a big lie.
Ed - You are right on point. So happy to hear someone defending the working person. Same tactics being used in Chicago by our "democratic" mayor. We need you here!
Ed, any new taxes have to be aimed at the people that can afford it. those of us that don't make enough money to begin with, have got to have some relief. any transportation tax or wall st transaction tax MUST BE shouldered by the people that have done and are still doing the best in this downed and strained and slow moving economy.
Have people forgotten the games Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Citicorp played with our money for years that brought our economy to its knees in 2008. Have people forgotten the CEOs and top executives of Wall Street walked away with huge bonuses while the rest of us lost jobs, retirement funds and are still struggling?
Mayor Emmanuel is playing the same pensions game in Chicago with the Chicago Public School Teachers so he can build more charter schools and give his buddies on Wall Streetmore profits.