marko
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I don't begrudge people who have pensions but I do have a problem with ridiculously high public service pensions which were negotiated by the same people who would benefit from those same pensions. In cities where I've lived the city officials got the same pension as the workers. So when the union negotiates for a bigger pension than the city can afford where's the checks/balances?
Your pension shouldn't pay you more than you made working. One thing my city got caught doing was giving promotions to people on their last day of work, so they then retired at a higher pension then they earned. They would then collect 30+ years making more money then when they worked.
And in my small town, if you develop something as minor as a small skin cancer on your ear within 6 years of retirement, your Fed taxes on that pension are paid for life. Plus everyone city employee gets a 25% discount on their property taxes.
Nice.