From Signe Wilkinson of The Washington Post. One of the problems with generous public employee pensions is that they're crowding out the services that local governments are supposed to be providing:; roads, infrastructure, social services and utilities.

Pulling the train uphill

This one from Lisa Benson of The Washington Post....  The problem for taxpayers with limited incomes is that they're still paying enormous property taxes so that thousands of retired government employees can live like kings.

Property taxes go to public employee pensions

This from  John Cole of The Times Tribune..

Wow! It's so big...

Signe Wilkinson of the Washington Post is one of my favorite editorial cartoonists. I love the simplicity of this artwork, and the overwhelming size of the public employee pension and health care costs. None of the taxpayers have any chance of moving that thing!

King Yudof, UC

Here is an original one from Mr Ben Galore (I think this is a parody of "Bangalore"). Yudof is the Big Boss at the University of California. His pension fund is in the hole for over $20 BILLION. Instead of making any substantial fixes to this Ponzi scheme, he's doing too little too late. Probably so that he can create the impression that he's "tackling" the problem, while protecting the generous pensions for himself, his cronies, and everyone who works for him. The only sacrifice that current employees will have to make is to begin paying a teeny-tiny more for their health benefits.

An original artwork by Ben Galore.

Sticky and stinky

Lisa Benson of the Washington Post does a lot of great PERS editorial cartoons. The accelerator is a great metaphor for the legal mechanisms that the public employee unions have put in place to guarantee their financial situation at the expense of the taxpayers.

I love the look on the face of the lady in the blue car.

The Grinch is Stealing Christmas

This morning I received this mash-up of a scene from The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. The guy who sent it to me, who goes by the name Ben Galore, said he made it after reading this article by Dave Low in the Sacramento Bee.  Mr Low is trying to make his army of pension-sucking, day-to-retirement-counting cronies believe that when the taxpayers begin to stand up for themselves, they're the ones who are acting like the Grinch.

I think this cartoon is great. Mr. Galore told me that he has another one he's going to send me. I hope he gets it to me soon, otherwise I'll have to save it for Christmas next year.

Mashed up by Ben Galore