The only problem is, apparently, those "bennies" aren't threatened by prostitutes or other misconduct. If these people were terminated and allowed to keep their pensions, then they weren't really terminated, they were retired. For many years, the American public has been told and sold that salaries and benefits for certain public servants needed to be more generous to attract better people to those positions...I don't see a lot of "better" people involved here. This is the presidential detail. They are supposed to be that cream of the crop, the best of the best, the most intensively screened and thoroughly vetted. If that's the case, it does not speak well for the rest of the SS or FedGov in general.
Yes sir, they were allowed to get their pensions but the point I should have made was that by “retiring” early they were not able to build up the averages of higher pay that they would have accrued had they stayed on the job longer. So, indeed they paid some price by being terminated. The higher pay averages would have increased their retirement pay, maybe considerably.
I do stand by my position that no woman is worth losing one’s old-age pay, even increments of it. But then again, maybe I’m showing my age.
That's not quite accurate. Anyone with 5 years of service or more in a Defined Benefit Plan is VESTED in that plan regardles of when or why they were terminated.
Depending on the plan requirements, they usually can't commence receiving payments from that Plan until at least age 60..........