Is Rhode Island spending too much on Public Sector Union Salaries? (work, out of state)
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Originally Posted by ormari
Former Governor Don Carcieri said Public Sector Unions should be illegal. They corrupt Rhode Island politics and make the taxpayer a slave. if I can leave you with one thing, it is this.
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"While Rhode Island municipalities significantly overspend on public safety relative to other states, RIPEC found a relative lack of resources dedicated to other core services. Although Rhode Island’s combined state and local spending on public works is comparable to the region and nation, local governments take on a much smaller proportion of spending than in other states, particularly on roads and highways, where Rhode Island’s local per capita spending ranked fourth to last nationally in FY 2020. Municipalities also underinvest in parks, recreation, and natural resources relative to local governments in other states—on a per capita basis, Rhode Island’s local government spending ($57) ranked fourth lowest nationally in FY 2020."
Translation: Public Safety expenditures are eating up your quality of life.
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"While Rhode Island municipalities significantly overspend on public safety relative to other states, RIPEC found a relative lack of resources dedicated to other core services. Although Rhode Island’s combined state and local spending on public works is comparable to the region and nation, local governments take on a much smaller proportion of spending than in other states, particularly on roads and highways, where Rhode Island’s local per capita spending ranked fourth to last nationally in FY 2020. Municipalities also underinvest in parks, recreation, and natural resources relative to local governments in other states—on a per capita basis, Rhode Island’s local government spending ($57) ranked fourth lowest nationally in FY 2020."
Overspend on Public Safety Union salaries, and the rest suffers.
To the reader: to this moment, I can load any page on the interwebs except city data forum on my self-selected sh!tty data computer”. It is not the first time this had happened. Tinfoil hat? Your call.
On a side note: maybe that has something to do with the trolls here, or maybe it doesn’t. But when I make such statements, my primary IP gets blocked from this site (as it was tonight—not the first time) and I have to seek alternate routes to post.
It's always funny until somebody steals your radio waves.
I'm OK with a tin foil hat. Much better than him electrocuting himself trying to kill the "hard wires" up on his roof.
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