Setting the record straight

After talking to my Father today, a member of the Greatest Generation. A man who at the age of 17 enlisted in the United States Navy to fight as his 2 older brothers did, one of whom was killed in Normandy while he was in the South Pacific a real life Private Ryan. He noted to me that I was getting a 3%raise. Dad I responded back do you realize that my health care is also going up to 3%. Of course not was his response they don't tell you that in the news. And that is my point. Why would they? My Father knows i'm a Port Authority Mechanic/Bus Driver, a member of a Public Employees union the chief villian of what ails our economy. Let's set this record straight a top wage driver makes 24.74 an hour. He's due to get a contractually negotiated raise of 3%. That comes out to 74 cents an hour This brings our wage to 25.48 an hour. Also negotiated in this contract is an increase to our health care contribution of the same 3%. As negotiated in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Health Care Necessities(and health care is a right as a human being not a privilege) are based on a 40 hour WORK WEEK. What this means to people who can't add is this! THERE IS NO RAISE UNLESS YOU WORK OVER A 40 HOUR WORK WEEK. GOT IT! So everyone out there who thinks this is a 3% outright money grab DO THE MATH! If however you're issue is that Public Employees unions are robbing the Public you are either underpaid in your professions and need to figure out a way to raise your incomes and quit pulling the rest of us under as a DROWNING MAN would. Or you are a STOOGE, of the Mass Media (can you Say Marty Griffin)http://wthrockmorton.com/2010/07/01/follow-up-on-the-fcc-complaint-in-the-case-of-brent-dugan/Sensationalism is the News of the day. Readers of this blog, I encourage you in all the information we provide. Do your own research these media hounds are not the Edward R Murrows or Walter Cronkites of yesterday. They are allowed to lie to you http://www.purefood.org/rbgh/akrepart1.cfm The News media of today is beholden to it's advertisers, they are the ones who control the news you receive thru their advertising DOLLARS.http://www.fcc.gov/telecom.html The point that's to be made here is not that Port Authority workers may be overpaid ( do the job they're not) but that the media which we license thru OUR TAXES (FCC) is not doing the job we trust it to do. Check out the facts yourself. This site has laid it out for you in a attempt to stop this new McCarthyism of the 21st century. Think for yourselves, YOUR CHILDRENS FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT and so does YOURS!