Frig those who disrespect others! Pensions be damned!!
“Gave”?? they are ridiculously overpaid.
Government employees are going to have a steep uphill battle if they want any sympathy from the hard working American People.
Served, as in a volunteer?
Or did she reap lavish salary and benefits on the taxpayer dime far above what the average American employee receives?
The last I checked (about 10 year ago), if you add up the number of fed, state, and local government employees on the Bureau of Labor Statistics website and compare it to the US population, one out of every 14 people is a government employee.
At age 57, she can withdraw penalty free from her TRS and/or 457 using the Age 55 rule that 401K's have (and 403B's). So it's not like she has zero income available while she waits on the govt pension that most Americans won't have, the poor baby.
I used to be a federal employee. Like my father before me. We proudly and diligently served the American taxpayer. Most of my colleagues did the same.
Do not paint with such a broad brush. It alienates those who might otherwise be valuable allies.
“The Federal Employees Retirement System, known as FERS, is often described as a three-legged stool. It includes a pension, a Thrift Savings Plan akin to a 401(k) and — like nearly all U.S. workers — Social Security benefits.
In addition, those who retire before they’re old enough to collect Social Security can receive a special retirement supplement between the ages of 57 and 62. It’s a portion of what they’ll be eligible to receive at 62, meant to be a financial bridge for those five years.
That supplement would disappear under the House-passed bill. Federal employees who are younger than 57 on Jan. 1, 2028 would be out of luck.”
LOL- in essence they may have to work past age 57 until they are eligible to receive social security at age 62....OH! THE HUMANITY!!!!
No one is entitled to retire if they can’t afford to retire- even government workers....
Stopped reading at NPR
Oh boo freaking hoo. I’m around her age and worked my ass off all my life and there’s no “bridge payments” or pension for me if I want to retire.
NPR? LOL
I knew a man who was a high-end pilot for Pan Am, flying into East Germany. When the company went under, some people got their payoffs, but his pension went ka-phooey (according to him).
It happens.
At 57 with full pay??????? Zero sympathy. Zero sympathy.
She did a job and got paid for it just like anyone else. It’s not as if she gave up anything to do it, unlike those who do serve in the military.
She Served The Global Communists For 35 Years. Now Her Retirement Is On The Line!
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Rightfully so.
Why?
I don’t think Americans would consider a government employee answering phones and licking stamps as someone who “served her country”.
FWIW, she's not experiencing anything that I, or my fellow employees, suffered when our plant closed down at the end of 2006. The same goes for every other auto industry employee who may have lost their jobs due to cut backs and layoffs.........
They ARE NOT public servants .
They chose to work for the government .
They SHOULD NEVER have gotten special treatment .
What BS. Govt employees receive high wages, many holidays and golden retirements while providing an extremely low amount of service.
Did she do something actually beneficial for the Country, or was it just a less than worthless job in the bureaucracy?