The global depression recession economic event has now effected Santa Claus. Yahoo News reports that when faced with balancing the budget in New York’s Suffolk County the politicians decided to lay off Santa Claus to balance their budget.
The Suffolk County executive said he could not justify spending $660 of his $2.7 billion budget to pay Santa according to Yahoo. David McKell, 83, a World War II veteran and former homicide detective has donned his Santa suit for the last ten years to greet children on Long Island.
Steve Levy, the Republican County Executive’s answer was to laying off Santa was typically Republican, “Let either the private sector come forward with a donation, or, better yet, let’s tap the volunteers in the community.“
Levy was quickly called a Grinch by his opponents. “Do we really have to hold Santa Claus hostage to balance the budget?” Bill Lindsay, a Democrat, and the presiding officer of the county legislature told Yahoo.
“I mean, $600? Give me a break,” Joseph Sawicki, a Republican who as county comptroller is charged with overseeing the county government’s fiscal prudence, said in an interview. “There comes a point where you go overboard in terms of penny-pinching.”
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Dude that is so wrong !!
Thanks for telling us what is up in New York