tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post2952026702520603282..comments2024-03-29T00:30:47.101-04:00Comments on Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Can NorCo's Budget be Balanced on Backs of Workforce? Bernie O'Harehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756311150988957401noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-83482681960656968252014-12-01T11:10:50.037-05:002014-12-01T11:10:50.037-05:001:44pm said : Pensions are funded by the employees...1:44pm said : Pensions are funded by the employees throughout the time they work. If the employer kept their hands out of the pot there would be more than enough money in it.<br /> Thats BS the county was %78 percent funded in 2012. Thats far better than most other counties. Employee's cannot touch their pensions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-323998543836135252014-11-26T09:52:26.346-05:002014-11-26T09:52:26.346-05:00This post is about Northampton County not the stat...This post is about Northampton County not the state. The county has made all its required pension payments in a timely manner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43168588130054122172014-11-26T08:42:59.104-05:002014-11-26T08:42:59.104-05:00That's nonsense and you know it. For defined b...<i>That's nonsense and you know it. For defined benefit pensions the employer contributes more than the employee and employer cannot touch the money to cover general fund or other deficits.</i><br /><br />That may be so but the employer can choose NOT to contribute to the plan for a decade. That's exactly what has happened in the state pension. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-39776051295675978922014-11-26T08:41:32.728-05:002014-11-26T08:41:32.728-05:00It is the capitalist system. It may be unfair but ...<i>It is the capitalist system. It may be unfair but it is the best in the world. Supply and demand. Don't take my tax money and redistribute it.</i><br /><br />Get your head out of your ass. Your taxes are lower because I pay higher rates for people like you. The entire basis of our economy for the past century has been based on a model of redistribution. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26891656565007999092014-11-26T02:09:33.019-05:002014-11-26T02:09:33.019-05:00"Taxes have not been raised since 2003, excep..."Taxes have not been raised since 2003, except 1/2 mill for Open Space."<br /><br />There is no dedicated county real estate tax for anything as per state law. The half-mill tax was a half-mill real estate tax, period!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-39814138451793622402014-11-26T02:07:54.967-05:002014-11-26T02:07:54.967-05:00"reibman's genius swaption had nothing to..."reibman's genius swaption had nothing to do with the current fiscal situation either."<br /><br />It would not have had any real impact had it ben dealt with swiftly and with leadership. Instead it was allowed to spin out of control for six years and go from two million to thirty-two million until the Stoffa Admisntration, at the extreme prodding of county council, did something about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-89935613458382892592014-11-26T00:28:56.386-05:002014-11-26T00:28:56.386-05:00This is the most dysfunctional administration in t...This is the most dysfunctional administration in the history of the county.Brown is an incompetent leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-26779833399338656642014-11-25T23:49:00.230-05:002014-11-25T23:49:00.230-05:00They say "quick, find a lifeboat"They say "quick, find a lifeboat"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-44629432946663037932014-11-25T22:48:19.400-05:002014-11-25T22:48:19.400-05:00Is there no stopping this train wreck? How do you...Is there no stopping this train wreck? How do you reason with insanity? In all my years I dont remember so many leaving at the same time. What do they say about a sinking ship?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-66953599649903471102014-11-25T22:31:32.465-05:002014-11-25T22:31:32.465-05:00brown's highly paid cabinet is worth every pen...brown's highly paid cabinet is worth every penny! not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-29365876583577746172014-11-25T22:29:40.147-05:002014-11-25T22:29:40.147-05:00reibman's genius swaption had nothing to do wi...reibman's genius swaption had nothing to do with the current fiscal situation either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-14704806931684295632014-11-25T22:27:03.422-05:002014-11-25T22:27:03.422-05:00maybe brown should hire another consultant. that 8...maybe brown should hire another consultant. that 80k for sahl communications was well spent to put into one's persons pocket versus 97k to cover 1610 employees and families for gap insurance. brown is fiscally conservative? only when he wants to be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69822228993097626942014-11-25T19:51:33.333-05:002014-11-25T19:51:33.333-05:006:20 - You're ridiculous.And your racism is sh...6:20 - You're ridiculous.And your racism is showing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-29129118245986271192014-11-25T18:49:14.087-05:002014-11-25T18:49:14.087-05:00Taxes have not been raised since 2003, except 1/2 ...Taxes have not been raised since 2003, except 1/2 mill for Open Space.<br /><br />How can you keep taxes constant for so long and not pay the price? Oh! You can't. Duh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-91768251812925350472014-11-25T18:20:23.135-05:002014-11-25T18:20:23.135-05:00Oh no!
Time for "the Rich" to pay their...Oh no!<br /><br />Time for "the Rich" to pay their "fair share"!!!<br /><br />FINALLY!!!!!!!<br /><br />If the county workforce STILL can't have their way, perhaps they should just burn all of Northampton to the ground --- like the Heroes of Ferguson, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-51629365354240725382014-11-25T17:54:52.699-05:002014-11-25T17:54:52.699-05:00You can hate on them, but Stoffa and Angle were ri...You can hate on them, but Stoffa and Angle were right about Gracedale. It is on pace to run an $8 million deficit. That is a spending problem. It's totally out of control and there is no accountability. Peg shares the blame with the Democrats who demagogue this issue but have refused to raise taxes to support a non-core county government service.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-43257883207173663862014-11-25T17:14:45.659-05:002014-11-25T17:14:45.659-05:00Your statement is nonsense. Employees must pay at...Your statement is nonsense. Employees must pay at least 5% of their wage to the pension fund and the employer also contributes. It is nor more than the employee. You are correct they cant touch it or it would be gone the same as social securty. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-69131464442234705592014-11-25T16:34:03.804-05:002014-11-25T16:34:03.804-05:00"Anonymous said...
Pensions are funded by the..."Anonymous said...<br />Pensions are funded by the employees throughout the time they work. If the employer kept their hands out of the pot there would be more than enough money in it.<br /><br />1:44 PM"<br /><br />meh.<br /><br />-ClemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-23408138990980647062014-11-25T14:54:42.230-05:002014-11-25T14:54:42.230-05:00Why doesn't he just hire Betty Crocker as a co...Why doesn't he just hire Betty Crocker as a consultant for $7,500 a month and raise revenue with weekly bake sales?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-13013090006820050362014-11-25T13:55:54.425-05:002014-11-25T13:55:54.425-05:00That's nonsense and you know it. For defined ...That's nonsense and you know it. For defined benefit pensions the employer contributes more than the employee and employer cannot touch the money to cover general fund or other deficits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-91837908715339456302014-11-25T13:44:03.057-05:002014-11-25T13:44:03.057-05:00Pensions are funded by the employees throughout th...Pensions are funded by the employees throughout the time they work. If the employer kept their hands out of the pot there would be more than enough money in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-86961736496750363612014-11-25T13:32:14.388-05:002014-11-25T13:32:14.388-05:00The county's problem is not one of revenue. I...The county's problem is not one of revenue. It's one of spending. Just look at the example of Peg Ferraro and her decision ignore the management firm she voted to hire to overpay for the non-emergency ambulance contract. <br /><br />Peg and all who voted to keep the black hole of Gracedale in county hands, say aye and stroke a check to the county to put your money where your big mouths were.<br /><br />The problem is unsustainable pensions and Gracedale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-24687077234810273062014-11-25T12:22:25.514-05:002014-11-25T12:22:25.514-05:00It is the capitalist system. It may be unfair but ...It is the capitalist system. It may be unfair but it is the best in the world. Supply and demand. Don't take my tax money and redistribute it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9299655.post-9181344238788156702014-11-25T11:40:17.706-05:002014-11-25T11:40:17.706-05:00I believe if he does lay off this many people you ...I believe if he does lay off this many people you will see county services suffer and in turn people of the county will not get the services they pay for in taxes. Its a shame that Mr. Brown feels the need to play political games as does county council and jeoperdize the real strength of the county and that its workforce.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com