“We
are all in this together” politicians love to exhort to get citizens to shut
downs to follow
But
for those not working when politicians are getting paid rings very hollow
For
a few governors and mayors in this time of struggle they may have seen the
light
With
their constituents frustrated over unemployment checks not being paid seems
only right
But
not all, not Cuomo of New York whose salary is 200 grand
Odd,
from a governor who has the blood of over
5,800 nursing home patient deaths on his hands
Not
De Blasio who makes $254,392 whose competency is that of a fool
He
would be hard pressed to a village of a 1000 people rule
Not
Murphy of New Jersey who makes $175,000 with a furlough bill of state employees
on his desk
With
a state facing a $2.75 billion deficit compared to California not as grotesque
Newsom
and Whitmer have read the tea leaves of anger rising
Have
both volunteered to a 10% pay cut which is not surprising
Mayor
Garcetti whose salary and benefits ranks at number 2 in mayoral comp at 257 grand
Is
proposing furloughs of city employees equal to 10% salaries lost but on his don’t
know yet where he stands
10%
is a good start but for a now jobless due to stay at home order the pain with
no unemployment does not compare
As
tensions and protests over stay at home rises the aloof elite must more of the
pain share
Then
it’s a valid mantra “We are in this together
Together
this storm we will weather!”
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May 20, 2020 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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