mickeyd
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As DB plans are eliminated in the private sector, your tax dollar continues to support some pretty fine DB plans. If you have the time, maybe you should consider government service after all.
Retire Rich - Articles - Financial Planning=If you consider retirement security a measure of wealth, the richest among us may be government workers. Baby boomers with government pensions will exceed the number of baby boomers getting pensions in private industry, if current trends continue. Consumer Reports Money Adviser cites Boston College research showing that while 36% of private sector employees had defined benefit plans in 1992, only 19% have such plans today. That translates to about 22 million private sector employees (19% of 116 million) who get pensions. Virtually all of the 23 million government employees working today qualify for pensions. This does not count members of the military, nor employees of government-sponsored corporations like the post office.