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Fox News host Neil Cavuto says that its time for state and local governments to begin cutting union pensions because people dont need to have expensive Chateaubriand steaks every night.
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Most Americans in the private sector dont even have these benefits, Cavuto argued.
They should have them, Leser pointed out.
Yeah, we should all have Chateaubriand every night, but we dont, Cavuto shot back. We dont have that option. Lets wake up in the real world.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/08/cavuto-cut-union-pensions-because-they-dont-need-chateaubriand-steak-every-night/
Tony_FLADEM
(3,023 posts)That's all that counts.
YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)...and I know a lot of Union folk. My dad was a teamster. He had a pension, and we were comfortable, but we didn't eat steak except rarely, and they were walmart steaks.
Where do these morons come up with this shit?!
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)It's a type of cut of sirloin with a wine-based sauce and shallots. Therefore Cavuto is surely referring to the fact that public sector workers go to a French restaurant every night. Maybe Gordon Gecko could dine at $200 a plate with wine. But he surely can't be talking about cops, court clerks, school teachers and the like. I don't think they can even afford McDonald's grease burgers every night.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)They should have them, Leser pointed out.
Everyone should be propagating that meme. Why cut union wages, instead let's raise everyone else's wages!!!
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)And I did not pay for it myself. At that time, I was dating a very well-off Jewish guy. I would not eat it now as I am a vegetarian.
chelsea0011
(10,115 posts)Elimination of minimum wage. I can already hear them whining about freeing up the job market for businesses.
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)I hope Cavuto eats Chateaubriand every night. Because since he doesn't understand the health implications of this his arteries will become clogged and he will suffer a heart attack. Hopefully it will not be fatal but one to learn of his mistakes.
Sorry to be so negative but this tool needs a reality check. People living on union pensions are hardly living the life of luxury such as RMoney or others that haven't done squat in years.
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)"Someone buy me a little!"
Faux couldn't have picked a more radio-friendly face and voice.
athenasatanjesus
(859 posts)Not to mention the chardonnay swimming pools.
spanone
(135,874 posts)vankuria
(904 posts)and I've never even heard of chateaubriand steaks. My pension which by the way I worked very hard for, affords me a decent lifestyle but I have to be very careful with my money, cut corners, use coupons and shop at sales. My husband and I lead a very simple life and it pisses me off to think some idiot like Cavuto knows what's in my pension check and what I spend it on.
Son of Gob
(1,502 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)Zombie apocalypse is on, MOFO!!!
Cavuto on toast better known as shit on a shingle in my neck of the woods.