I guess I was an overpaid sloth that worked his ass off for 30 years and now on a fire pension, then was a sloth again working my ass off for a 911 center for 15 years.
YES, I paid into and earned TWO pensions and vilified for it. My state chronically mismanages pensions, driven in large part by slothful politicians eating at the trough of teachers union money and other public unions.
Local government pensions have been underfunded, funds raided, and funds mismanaged for decades and were bailed out -- now managed-- by a bankrupt state.
So, I am vilified by the right for being a slothful double-dipper and vilified by the left when I recommend common sense pension reforms.
The state constitution allows for added benefits to pension plans, but prevents any reduction in pension benefits or reforms that smack of pension reduction.
I worked hard for what I have, so I don't like being called a sloth when we're all victims of very bad governance and public sector unions controlling elections.