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To: Twotone

Dump the gov pensions. Let them eat cake on social security with the rest of us.


3 posted on 07/31/2017 12:58:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Just raise taxes. That always works.


4 posted on 07/31/2017 1:05:51 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to surviive.)
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To: Jim Robinson

>>Dump the gov pensions. Let them eat cake on social security with the rest of us.<<

They do. FWIU, there are no current classes of taxpayer exempt from SS.

However, many have pensions in addition to SS. The problem is the formulas for those pensions can be ridiculous and unsustainable. I think that he government should transition to 503(b) for all workers.

I get a modest pension from California - I paid into it and it isn’t based on a crazy formula. California’s problem is it just had and has too damn many employees and also allows double-dipping (people who retire and then also work as employees while getting the retirement $).

But when you look at the Dallas police pension that GUARANTEES 8% growth per year if you leave the $ in, that is insane.


6 posted on 07/31/2017 1:16:26 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (The UK has no death penalty, unless you are an 11 month old infant with no arrest history)
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To: Jim Robinson

Ballot Initiative:

There shall be No Taxpayer Liability, for any retirement or Health insurance for any person or persons, that exceeds the maximum benefit available under Social Security and Medicare.

Problem Solved


36 posted on 07/31/2017 5:48:56 PM PDT by eyeamok (Idle hands are the Devil's workshop)
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