[Jim in CT]

OK, the city of New Haven, CT is broke. So they asked the police union to make some concessions, to which the union predictably said "no".

So the city did the only thing it could do, it laid off 16 officers in a foce of 400 cops.

The president of the union is a police Sgt named Lou Cavielerre.

Here is what he said about the layoffs...

"officers might not answer certain calls because we are not going to jeopardize ourselves and that the public are going to have to start arming themselves, defend themselves and do whatever they can to protect their property and themselves."

This is a perfect example of the absurdity, the sheer lunacy, that unions bring to the table.

New Haven cops can retire after 20 years, with no age minimum, so you could retire at 41 with a pension for life. And the pensions are based on the 3 highest-paid years, and the pensions reflect overtime.

These unions are never, ever satisfied. It's never, ever enough. They always want more, and more, and more...Parasites.