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Dave I guess Maggie didn't bother to take a look ast my analysis becuase no matter how many times the mayor may claim that he is cutting city spending, the fact is that the city budget has increased every year and the local tax dollars allocated to the city have been 6 times greater then the school allocation.

Also Maggie a futher analysis of the new tax local tax dollars allocated to the city over the past ten years shows that of every new dollar given to the city, 52 cents of each dollar pay for retiree pension and healthcare expenses. When you factor in salary increase and healthcare for active employee, over 94 cents of every new dollar given to the city is spent on these expenses.

That leaves less then 6 cents of every new dollar given to the city, spent on every other expense in the city budget.

Maggie if you ran a small business and I told you that for every dollar in new profits your business realizes, you would have to pay 52% of that profit to employees that nolonger work for your company, you would close up shop. Well that is where most of the new tax dollars we as Warwick taxpayer give to the city are going to.

The Mayor's policies regarding legacy costs (pension and lifetime healthcare) have been a total failure.

I agree that every department in the city has experienced cuts to the non-personnel related line items. That's why you will not see me get up at the budget hearings knit picking the directors on these expenses. The real reform required is assoictaed with the retirment costs and the mayor continues to not address this issue.

Taxpayer contribute $8 million per year (yes per year) to fund free Free Free reritred employee top-of-the line healthcare for life.

Is that fair to the active employees who are paying a co-pay or to the taxpayers and small business owners who are getting killed with these costs?

Please do some homework. Take a look at the link to the charts I have created and in your next post give me your thoughts on what you think.

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