Prison break

 

“Mitchell was charged Friday with supplying contraband, including a punch and a screwdriver, to the two inmates. She has pleaded not guilty. She has been suspended without pay from her $57,000-a-year job overseeing inmates who sew clothes and learn to repair sewing machines.”  source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/16/new-york-jail-escape-search_n_7599494.html

So, the patsy, er, we mean prison tailoring shop instructor, who has been charged with aiding the prison break guys (punch and a screwdriver - ????), makes $57,000.00 per year, plus, we assume, full benefits and a good pension.  Let’s say that adds another 20% or so to the paycheck – annual cost of about $70,000.00. 

If you look at the picture – all the two legged “first responders” or “protect and serve” fellows/gals – all of them “on the job” – we can safely assume that they are making more than the gal teaching the boys in the lockup to sew clothes and repair sewing machines or some other such highly needed skills in our advanced technology workplace.

Let’s say they each cost, including benefits, $100,000.00 per year.

As you can see in the picture – just this one spot, there are  quite a few of them involved in this carefully managed, planned and supervised search.  The article says there are 800 of them – all on the job.  The local sheriff alone has found it in his budget to dedicate 50 of his cops to this activity.    

Eight hundred at $100,000.00/year + overtime. 

The debt of the state of New York – known debt that is – we don’t know what the real, total obligations of the state are today – $360 billion.   

If you are interested in the debt situation in your state, click on - http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/state_tax_gdp_population

The US constitution prohibits: "excessive bail" and "excessive fines" and "cruel and unusual punishments."   It does not prohibit excessive deficits and debt.  

As clearly displayed in the picture above.