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I believe our government should operate with the same fiscal discipline that successful individuals exercise. In my household it means we don't spend what we don't have. Oh and we don't retire with '20 years in'.
Isn't the real issue for us private sector folks Fed gov't pensions and SS? With state, county and municipal pensions, eventually those that contributed to and earned the pensions are the ones that will get screwed. When the local gov't runs out of money in the fund, refuses to contribute more (common in Illinois where pension funding holidays are the norm) and simply stops paying.
With the fed employees, they'll always be paid because the fed gov't can simply "print" money through deficit spending. Private sector folks will pay the bill through taxes or inflation, whichever it takes.
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