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Title: Life In America's Most Dangerous City About To Become "Living Hell" As Layoffs Of One Quarter Of Government Labor Force Begin
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Published: Jan 18, 2011
Author: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/life-am
Post Date: 2011-01-18 18:32:10 by tom007
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Life In America's Most Dangerous City About To Become "Living Hell" As Layoffs Of One Quarter Of Government Labor Force Begin Tyler Durden's picture Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/18/2011 13:22 -0500 * Budget Deficit * Crack Cocaine * Newspaper * Unemployment * Unemployment Benefits Life in Camden, NJ has never been fun. Frequently ranked as America's most dangerous city, whose only claim to fame are the corporate offices of Campbell's Soup, Camden is about to get even more dangerous as it is among the first to experience wholesale cuts to its government labor pool. Bloomberg reports that "as many as 383 workers, representing one-fourth of the local government's work force, are expected to lose their jobs, including about half the police force and one-third of the city's firefighters." It seems cuts have already commenced: "police officers are turning in their badges as part of deep municipal layoffs that began Tuesday." It's a good thing then that unlike the rest of the world, New Jersey does not (yet) have surging food inflation as otherwise one may be tempted to argue this could be a rather interesting hot spot in the future, especially with the local police force deciding to find better pastures even as it starts collecting 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. From Bloomberg: Firefighters are planning to march to City Hall on Tuesday, and Mayor Dana Redd is planning a noon news conference to talk about the layoffs in a city facing a huge budget deficit and declining state aid. The officers began turning in their badges Monday as it became clear that no last-minute deal was going to save many jobs. Located directly across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Camden is rampant with open drug-dealing, prostitution and related crimes. More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly black and Hispanic, live in poverty. The anti-crime volunteer group Guardian Angels also says it will patrol Camden, as it has Newark, where there were major police layoffs in November. The fire department, meanwhile, has already been relying on help from volunteer departments in neighboring towns. Interim fire chief David Yates, who retired Jan. 1, has warned that that layoffs will increase response times. A local pastor says "the fear quotient has been raised," and a police union took out a full-page newspaper advertisement last week warning that Camden would become a "living hell" if layoffs were not averted. Of course, this being Camden, the only thing that could really push the city to recreate the living conditions of Hades would be a surge not so much in the price of food, or even iPads, but crack cocaine. And according to the Chairman there is substantial slack in the drug production vertical. Which means there are at least a few months before Camden becomes ground zero for what happens when surging inflation and insolvent municipalities mix with curious consequences. 4.90909 Your rating: None Average: 4.9 (11 votes) » * Share/Save * Login or register to post comments * Printer-friendly version * Send to friend by tmosley on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 13:25 #884510 Earl would fix it, but he was laid off a couple of years ago. * Login or register to post comments by jus_lite_reading on Tue, 01/18/2011 - 14:26 #884716 Think for a moment that just one month's salary and compensation for just one BofA exec could have paid the entire salary of all 400 of those laid off. Only God can save us now.
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#1. To: tom007 (#0)
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Fun times indeed. Just what the planners wanted to happen will happen there it appears. Hopefully the rest of America will not turn out the same way, but it doesn't look good right now.
God is always good!
It appears that Camden will be the poster child for what will be.
I want either less corruption or more opportunity to participate in it. Ashleigh Brilliant
When seconds count, police will mosey on over to write a report. I think Ice T was right about the 'Poelease'.
Is there some correlation among, blacks, hispanics,prostitution, drugs, crime and RACE????????
Yes. Like in most other categories of endeavor they tend to work at the lower end of the spectrum and get paid less.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
Only annecdotally and statistically.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
We have our share of crime here in the hills among the hicks. Every month someone writes a bum check or two. A drunk now and again. Crime is rampant among the white trash that time has passed by.
Arm up, and stay in those hills. Normally the white, hick crime is so stupidly simple as to be laughable. Enjoy your hills.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
May ask that you be my spelling advisor?
Sir Lod does not come cheap.
WTF? A twelve & thirteen letter word one right after the other? YOU'RE OUTTA THE HICK & HILLBILLY UNION LOCAL 4 AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUDDY!
He does that to me all the time, so I have to look them up.
I had to take off my socks to do all that countin'. Now my feets is frostbit.
I don't know about annectodally, because Firefox doesn't give me good options, at all. I know that anecdote (oops, one too many n's there) there; it should be anecdotaly, I guess. You guys know these misspelled words that I use, give me a break. ;-)
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
Go to top left > edit > preferences > advanced > general > click the box beside "check my spelling as I type" :)
Yes, I do all that, but even then, some words do not register properly. I wish that they had a learning/modifying feature like wiki.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
Theys'n jus' jealous cuz'n we gots one of them thar vocaboolaries.
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha
I just try to use them properly, and spell them correctly.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
With mine (firefox) everytime I misspell a word it underlines it in red. If I (right)click on the word, it gives me options for better spelling. Doesn't yours?
Yes, it does; but even some of the options, on some of the words, don't work properly. Were this the largest problem in our world, I'd be a really, really camper.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing its idiot.
Let's pretend it is....
will those of the john e law ilk have to turn in their guns and have to live as those they oppressed? police departments nation wide are nothing more than just another street gang.
#2. To: tom007 (#0)
More than half of Camden's 80,000 residents, mostly black and Hispanic, live in poverty.
#3. To: tom007 (#0)
"Police"
#4. To: tom007 (#0)
#5. To: Cynicom (#4)
#6. To: Cynicom, 4 (#4)
Is there some correlation among, blacks, hispanics,prostitution, drugs, crime and RACE????????
#7. To: Lod (#6)
#8. To: Cynicom (#7)
#9. To: Lod (#6)
Only annecdotally and statistically.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" 
#10. To: tom007, Lod (#9)
#11. To: Lod (#6)
annecdotally and statistically
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#12. To: Esso, Lod (#11)
YOU'RE OUTTA THE HICK & HILLBILLY UNION LOCAL 4 AS OF RIGHT NOW, BUDDY!
#13. To: Cynicom (#12)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#14. To: Original_Intent, Esso, 4, Cynicom, spell checkers, all (#11)
#15. To: Lod, all (#14)
because Firefox doesn't give me good options, at all.
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#16. To: wudidiz (#15)
#17. To: Lod, Esso, 4, Cynicom, spell checkers, all (#14)
#18. To: Original_Intent, Pills, 4 (#17)
As even Pills knows, words have meanings.
#19. To: Lod (#16)
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#20. To: wudidiz (#19)
#21. To: Lod (#20)
Were this the largest problem in our world, I'd be a really, really (happy?) camper.
No Planes. Think about it. ................. Guaranteed Penetration (no it's not porn)
#22. To: tom007 (#0)
the most factual thing ever posted by buckeroo
I have no freaking' clue. buckeroo posted on 2010-07-24 21:33:00 ET
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