You still haven’t answered danamco’s three questions. I’ll try to condense them into one:
If cops throughout the nation are contributing towards their own pensions, why shouldn’t you?
#1 What fundraiser link are you talking about?
#2 RE: Stupid FRS Employee Contribution proposal by Rick Scott and others..
I have explained this over and over again to LIBERALS.. I would think that FReepers were “smarter” than that and did not need the obvious stated.. but here it is..
ALL of a government employees income is “public” money one way or another.. so an employee contributing toward their retirement is nothing but a shell game.. When determinging a government agency’s compensation/benefit plan you ONLY need to look at the “bottom” line... what is the difference between increasing an employee’s salary and deducting a portion of it to contribute toward the retirement plan. Or paying the employee LESS of a “salary” HOWEVER having the agency contribute 100% of the employees contribution.... Think about it for just a second and you will see that the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is the only “agency” that benefits from the HIGHER SALARY because it puts the employee in a higher tax bracket and makes them pay higher taxes to Uncle Sam.. yet the take home pay month to month is exactly the same..... I would rather, and I think the taxpayers would rather, give me a lower salary and have the agency (in my case the Sheriff’s Office) pay my contribution into the Retirement plan than to raise my salary and then take it back leaving the take home pay exactly the same..
Any Questions?