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Politicians are stupid
The first seven holiday seasons that I worked for the city, they gave everyone a turkey at Christmas. OK, that's a pretty cheap Christmas bonus at roughly $10 apiece, but it's something.
The eighth year, they gave us nothing. Unless you count a cheap Christmas card signed by the mayor (an old style smarmy politico type.)
The ninth year? An invitation to a city Christmas Party. For which we are expected to pay $20 per person and drive up into Wisconsin. It's even a "cash bar." No, thanks, Harvard. You can keep your turkeys AND your parties. I'm sure that the police and fire departments, who account for most of your payroll and whom you've been shorting on raises for a while now will be just delighted to pay for their own second rate Christmas dinner too.
The eighth year, they gave us nothing. Unless you count a cheap Christmas card signed by the mayor (an old style smarmy politico type.)
The ninth year? An invitation to a city Christmas Party. For which we are expected to pay $20 per person and drive up into Wisconsin. It's even a "cash bar." No, thanks, Harvard. You can keep your turkeys AND your parties. I'm sure that the police and fire departments, who account for most of your payroll and whom you've been shorting on raises for a while now will be just delighted to pay for their own second rate Christmas dinner too.