Miami Beach Cops make up to $225K

[SandEagle]

http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-0...are-paid-up-to-225k-and-face-lawsuits-galore/

that'll buy a lot of donuts :hmm:

 

[rudeguy]

why does everyone care how much other people make?

We all get paid way too much for what we do.

 

[SandEagle]

why does everyone care how much other people make?

We all get paid way too much for what we do.

because obviously i would've skipped college and went straight to becoming a Miami Beach cop. Kelloggs doesnt pay me enough to taste test froot loops all day.

 

[Matthiasa]

Well yeah... but they are police officers.
Making that much is crazy for what they do, or rather what they don't do.

 

[Tristicus]

And I get to look forward to attending community college and making probably $50k a year, if that.

Yay me.

 

[Matthiasa]

Not to late and switch stuff to become a police officer there.

 

[rudeguy]

because obviously i would've skipped college and went straight to becoming a Miami Beach cop. Kelloggs doesnt pay me enough to taste test froot loops all day.

There are tons of people out there with no college degree who make way more than that. Its about book smarts vs street smarts. Unfortunately, I have neither

Did I ever ask you if you live in Battle Creek?

 

[CraigRT]

Holy crap that is a lot

 

[Bignate603]

If the New Times in Miami is as terrible as it is in Phoenix I wouldn't trust that story.

I would bet that those guys earning $200+ probably retired this year and part of their retirement package or pension counted as income.

 

[Matthiasa]

There are tons of people out there with no college degree who make way more than that. Its about book smarts vs street smarts. Unfortunately, I have neither

Did I ever ask you if you live in Battle Creek?

Eh making that much even degree or no through legal or illegal means is mostly luck.

 

[Riceninja]

200k+ a year, free donuts and getting to beat on people? i chose the wrong profession

 

[Colt45]

Is that before or after bribes and kickbacks? :awe:

 

[Modular]

why does everyone care how much other people make?

We all get paid way too much for what we do.

Speak for yourself...

 

[rudeguy]

Eh making that much even degree or no through legal or illegal means is mostly luck.

not really. I'm in (legal) sales and there are tons of guys out there who never finished high school that make a ton.

My old boss was the pefect example. He could barely read but cleared $175k/year because he was a super salesman.

 

[TehMac]

And I get to look forward to attending community college and making probably $50k a year, if that.

Yay me.

You have an awesome attitude. That alone is worth is...uhh... 1 dollar?

 

[Jumpem]

why does everyone care how much other people make?

We all get paid way too much for what we do.

Because they get paid via taxes which makes it eveyone's business.

 

[techs]

As an older ATOT'er I can tell you one thing that has changed about America is how many, many people have developed resentments for people who make good money on a job.

Years ago when the Teamsters made a great salary driving trucks, people may have been envious, but not downright hostile.

Somehow Americans have gotten the idea their lives suck because someone else is making good money. In fact, nowadays many truckers are barely getting by since the Teamsters union has been decimated and many drivers are now owner/operators.

Now these owner/operators pay very little, or no income tax. Yet another reason we have huge deficits. And since the drivers now have far less disposable income, they hurt everyones income, since the don't contribute enough to the consumer demand.

I much prefer to think everyone should be making 225k and how much better that would be for the country. Imagine if we didn't have the unfair trade with China, and America was still paying its factory workers what they would have been making. Far more disposable income, far more people sharing the tax load, American and European goods costing the world more money but the only option. That helps Americas trade deficit, provides better lives and education for Americans, etc.

 

[JD50]

So is this another one of those articles that finds one cop that works 80 hours of overtime a week and uses that to make a case that cops are over paid?

Wow, could that article be any more biased?

 

[Red Dawn]

The Cop's worth more to society than some Software Developer creating kiddie games.

 

[rudeguy]

The Cop's worth more to society than some Software Developer creating kiddie games.

oh now you did it....

 

[Schadenfroh]

The Cop's worth more to society than some Software Developer creating kiddie games.

Hey, that software developer keeps kiddies off the street and out of the cop's hair.

 

[Vette73]

So is this another one of those articles that finds one cop that works 80 hours of overtime a week and uses that to make a case that cops are over paid?

Wow, could that article be any more biased?

Yep I have not read it but I bet that number is for someone that has 10+ years exp, works a pile of overtime, etc...


But naaaa lets just chalk it up to overpaid lazy Gov workers.

 

[halik]

As an older ATOT'er I can tell you one thing that has changed about America is how many, many people have developed resentments for people who make good money on a job.

Years ago when the Teamsters made a great salary driving trucks, people may have been envious, but not downright hostile.

Somehow Americans have gotten the idea their lives suck because someone else is making good money. In fact, nowadays many truckers are barely getting by since the Teamsters union has been decimated and many drivers are now owner/operators.

Now these owner/operators pay very little, or no income tax. Yet another reason we have huge deficits. And since the drivers now have far less disposable income, they hurt everyones income, since the don't contribute enough to the consumer demand.

I much prefer to think everyone should be making 225k and how much better that would be for the country. Imagine if we didn't have the unfair trade with China, and America was still paying its factory workers what they would have been making. Far more disposable income, far more people sharing the tax load, American and European goods costing the world more money but the only option. That helps Americas trade deficit, provides better lives and education for Americans, etc.

Never took Economics on college eh? If I give everyone in the US $100K, do you think it will change anything at all?

 

[halik]

The Cop's worth more to society than some Software Developer creating kiddie games.

Seconded,
I don't have a problem with a Cop pulling 6 figures with overtime, if he's putting his life on the line every day. Cops in places in NYC or Baltimore should definitely be making that much.

 

[Matthiasa]

not really. I'm in (legal) sales and there are tons of guys out there who never finished high school that make a ton.

My old boss was the pefect example. He could barely read but cleared $175k/year because he was a super salesman.

If he could make that much and barely read(would have known little about the product unless testing them a ton),he wasn't a super salesman. There were just a lot of idiot customers in the area, or ones that were going to get it anyways.