Perry “retires” early, begins collecting state pension

Hot Air ^ | December 16, 2011 | Allahpundit

[Quicksilver]

Not that I know of. :) What would you do if you were?

[JRandomFreeper]

The Startle-Gram? Amon G. Carter's Startle-Gram?

They wouldn't distort anything, would they?

/johnny

[Jim from C-Town]

From another news article in the Star-Telegram:
“On a campaign swing through Cherokee, Iowa, Perry was asked why the Employee Retirement System should be paying his retirement while he's still collecting a salary.

“That's been in place for decades. ... I don't find that to be out of the ordinary,” Perry said of the practice. “ERS called me and said, ‘Listen, you're eligible to access your retirement now with your military time and your time and service, and I think you would be rather foolish to not access what you've earned.’”

He asked for the Money. He put in the paperwork. Dumb, Dumb, Dumb! Collect Double Dips while running for President and calling a system that steals 12% of the average workers wages every year for forty plus years and returns a paltry $1,00. per month at age 67, if he or she is lucky enough to actually live that long.

Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/12/16/3601100/perry-drawing-state-retirement.html#ixzz1gm2I5NEd

[Quicksilver]

Well, all media distorts according to their bias and agenda.

[GrouchoTex]

Also big in Texas:

Heroism, Freindliness, Faith, Patriotism.

Sorry if you weren’t fortunate enough to be from here.

[JRandomFreeper]

Actually, after a phone call... The ERS Trust is something the employees pay into. And it says on their web-site that it's not a constitutionally guaraneed benefit.

Texas does that a lot. Like the Land Grant Colleges.

/johnny

[onyx]

GO HILDY!

[Jim from C-Town]

Eleven years of the nineteen year service WAS FOR THE JOB HE HAS NOW, not his prior service. He is still doing the same job.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I know what I wouldn’t have done: Started drawing a double-dip pension right before I declared for president. I also wouldn’t have signed a bill that gives illegals in-state tuition at my state’s colleges.

[berdie]

I certainly can’t speak for all Texans, but I can’t help but believe that it would be best that you stay in your own state and defend it. :)

[JRandomFreeper]

He's getting a check from a trust. Not the State of Texas. Sure, the ERS manages it. But the money in it comes from the folks that pay into it... State workers. Not ordinary taxpayers.

And BTW... I was 10 years old when I saw obvious differences in stories in the Startle-Gram and things I eyewitnessed 3 different times.

Amon Carter's newspaper is and has been crap since at least the '60s.

Quoting anything from them to me is like saying you don't know anything.

/johnny

[Jim from C-Town]

I agree about Social Security, but most state pension systems are not the answer. They happen to be bankrupting a large percentage of the states. They are a large part of the problem.

With the state pension system we have two societies, those who retire with full wages and benefits in their fifties and those in the private sector that work till they are 67 to pay for their betters who happened to be lucky enough to get a job in the government.

[Quicksilver]

I have no problem with it. If you pay into a retirement plan (401k or similar) and under the rules you’re eligible to get what you earned, why shouldn’t you take it?

[JRandomFreeper]

Except the funds from the ERS don't come from the taxpayer.

That's from a trust paid into by employees.

And on their web page, they say that when it's over, it's over. The state isn't obligated. The state is just managing it.

/johnny

[Jim from C-Town]

Facts are facts.

It is called a pension.

It is managed by the State of Texas.

He asked to receive a ‘PENSION CHECK’ while doing the job that qualified him for the check and pays him a nice $150K a year and some nice benefits as well.

It looks bad and stupid, and after his first few debate performances, he can not afford to look stupid.

Do not get me wrong, I think Perry is a good guy and would make a good president. But damn this looks bad.

[Happy Rain]

Watched “Dallas” and voted for W twice...

...twern’t impressed none.

South Carolina on the other hand has soul and sweet wimmin’ and we is gonna stomp us some Aggie fanny now that a Texas school has joined the SEC.

[JRandomFreeper]

I don't have a problem with it either, as long as it isn't guaranteed by the taxpayer.

/johnny

[Quicksilver]

From what I can tell it doesn’t appear to be a double-dip. As a veteran yourself, I’d think that you’d appreciate that your service counts toward retirement.

[JRandomFreeper]

What qualified him for the check is paying into the trust.

It's just the media, and panty knot republicans that seem to have a problem with it.

And I think that's the purpose of the story.

/johnny

[Jim from C-Town]

You are a Perry supporter. It doesn't matter if you have a problem with it. It matters to the 260 million people who do not work for the government and not eligible to receive two checks for the same job.