Study: Cities slash services in economic downturn

NEW YORK (AP) -- The economic downturn has taken a toll on U.S. cities, forcing them to slash jobs, raise taxes and fees and limit hours of operation at libraries, zoos, parks and other popular facilities, according to a survey....

By BETH FOUHY

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And not a single city leader will cut their own salary.

Nor would I expect them to, but there has to come a point where our elected officials run out of programs to cut.

And then, and only then, will we see the power shifted to people who really, really want to work for the people. Not an elitist statist enjoying the frills and kickbacks.

 

That seems to be the case with the leaders of everything.

Slash retiree benefits and pensions, then move along to the hourly workers, then slam the salaried employees, then offer bonuses to the guys at the top that thunk up the idea of slashing all those benefits and pay packages, then slash retiree benefits and pensions, again and the cycle repeats.

 

Some businesses operate like the old theory of running government like a business.

It can't be done, because businessmen (and women) don't run the government.

 

Some are:

Hoboken, New Jersey

Natchez, Mississippi

Los Angeles, California

not enough, by any means, but it's nice to see that some are hitting their own pockets as well as everyone elses.

 

But I thought Obama promised Americans that if he got elected, nobody making less than $150,000 a year would see a tax increase?

 

What is the Democrat to Republican ratio?