NYC Shrinks Parades by 25%

Another cost cutting move to talk about. This one is in New York City, where, effective April 1, parades will be shortened by 25% with a time limit of 5 hours. Aren't parades supposed to be "Moneymakers?" You know, people crawl our of their homes and spend money, generating sales tax revenue, as they watch the parades! Apparently the NYC tax base can't keep up with the politicians' love of $pending! New York City expects to save a little over $3 million annually by doing this. You see, the Big Apple is having trouble paying law enforcement. There are 6,000 fewer cops in the city than there were in 2001. Since they have fewer cops, they have to pay overtime to the ones who are still on the job.

Good planning...very good!