tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625481293071943018.post7474508476067101321..comments2024-03-25T08:07:30.402-04:00Comments on NCFE: More Courtright ClobberingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5625481293071943018.post-44799130866359562192013-10-18T10:07:30.967-04:002013-10-18T10:07:30.967-04:00This is misleading. The letter, while clever, mak...This is misleading. The letter, while clever, makes a false equivalence. The statistic from the Census Bureau only includes salary, not benefits. Somebody making less than $20,000, especially if that person has a family, would be eligible for a host of federal subsidies. So if he wants to compare the average salary of a Scrantonian to a firefighter, he absolutely needs to use the baseline salary. Firefights and cops start around $40,000 in this city. <br /><br />Also, median income in the city is $36,968. The figure Mulligan used is per capita. I understand per capita is low. That's normal in cities, which tend to have high poverty rates. Blaming that on the unions is silly. <br /><br />Mulligan's credibility took a huge hit with me over this piece. Tom Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03036574316785636772noreply@blogger.com