What firefighter do you know out there that makes 96,000 a year or more?

[Windy]

I'm sorry, but that was a ridiculous rebuttal. Hillary is against raising the cap because it would mean a tax increase to her wealthy constituents and corporate supporters... Lets be honest here.

[pansypoo53219]

1. a lot of FFs make money

with other jobs or businesses. my dad is a retired FF. when i was a kid, he had a gas station/repair shop, he bought a latge old building in a blighted area and was still doing car storage/repair work. and then there was wall street investing. sure, haven't seen jack squat since he left my mom, so he has plenty of money as he didn't pay much in child support.
and a lot of them are republicans and i bet georgie on the pile made many of them swoon.

[Donnachaidh]

2. yup -- that was the biggest load of manure she's dropped yet

She's covering for wealthy contributors.

[Generic Brad]

3. The top 6% make $96,000 or more?

Then why are remaining 94% of us covering their asses? Did I hear that correctly?

[Yael]

6. That stat took my breath away

<--- in the 94% bracket

[Yael]

4. I would imagine tenured FDNY do

[mark414]

5. Boston police and fire fighters both make about 100 grand a year

that said...i completely agree with your post

[hedgehog]

8. and they earn every penny!. It's a quirk in most union contracts

that pensions are based on the best 3 year's earnings out of the last 5 or some such formula. I've seen guys half dead on their feet pulling all the overtime available to up their take-home those last few years to protect a pension.

That said, as someone whose husband has done a lot of OT, take the cap off! We can afford it a lot better than someone making $30,000!

[hack89]

7. Several ...

generous union contracts and plenty of overtime. Many also have side jobs due to their working hours.

[madrchsod]

9. the union fire fighters here make really good money----but----

if they have a family they pay about a third of their pay for health insurance. if they are single-0