re: Mitch Landrieu held in contempt; one week to find a way to pay or house arrest

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Agreed. Union extortion at it's worst. Firefighters, police, teachers, etc all have absurd pension plans they get by selling their votes to the politician that promises to steal from taxpayers to pay the bill, then they strike or sue 1st time things get tough

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We can sit here and say they are greedy or whatever, but the fact is that the city signed an agreement saying they would be paid X and given Y in benefits, and then when it came time to pay, the city paid less than X and less than Y.

Tell you what, on your next paycheck, why doesn't your company only pay you 500 less than your salary, and only pay half of the match you are supposed to get, and then if you say anything to complain, they can just say you are greedy.

Pensions need to go away for the future, but if the city made a promise to pay, it needs to pay.

How that happens, I don't know.