Posted on 08/06/2009 12:50:14 PM PDT by Timeout
Last week I noticed an odd, inexplicable provision in the House bill.
Page 65, Section 164 sets aside $10 Billion for "eligible" health plans...for retirees. Not only that, it specifies the retirees can be as young as 55 yrs old. Now, I know very very few non-union private companies offer retirement health care plans, especially not at 55.
House Bill
So I suspected this was a payoff to the UAW and other unions. I called my Congressman and Senators but NO ONE could explain this to me.
NOW TODAY I SEE CONFIRMATION OF MY SUSPICIONS.
At the linked article, they discuss the letter John Sweeney sent to AFL-CIO members exhorting them to turn out at town hall meetings. Buried in the letter is this nugget:
Sweeney [demands] ... the legislation contain "relief for company/union funds providing pre-Medicare retiree coverage...
Freepers, this is blockbuster stuff.
WE are going to be forced to pay for union health benefits that WE DON't GET.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
Nice find, Timeout!
Thank you for your diligence!
Aren’t those two groups usually unionized?
Most state and local public empolyees are union. And they’ve been promised GOLDEN health care benefits...for LIFE...paid for by you and me. Many of them retire as young as FIFTY YEARS OLD, so we’ll be paying for them for 30 or 40 years!
But the gov’t entities haven’t funded their liabilities. And they’re dreading taxing their local citizens for it.
I suspect this is Obama’s intent to pass FEDERAL funds along to those governments to pay off their union retirees. That is, you and I will be paying for those generously pensioned California public retirees.
I got through to GOP HQ....and they actually listened to me~!
Asked me to email the links and details.
They agreed this could be explosive.
Keep your fingers crossed!
Send to Beck, Hannity, O’Reilly, Dobbs, Greta, etc.
I think that unions are going to be exempt from having to go to the government plan; there seem to be several agenda items afloat by the 0bama administration to give huge breaks to unions at the expense of the rest of us, which will no doubt give incentives for more union membership.
WOW THANK YOU
If the state or Feds or unions, whoever it may be, don't have the funds to pay the promised benefits, then their retirees must take cuts. I am not saying we leave them high and dry. But, if the funding isn't there, then no more living in high cotton with the gold-plated health care plan for life. Reduce pension payments and make them go on Medicare (or Obamacare, ugh)!
Definitely do NOT take my tax money and fund their bloated pension plans. It is despicable that Congress is trying to bury this 10 billion dollar (and counting) nugget into their abomination of a bill!
Bump!
I forgot to mention the ones who retire at age 50, 52, 55. Believe me, there are thousands more of those now than there were two years ago. The recent "layoffs" and early buyouts have bloated the pension rolls. For most of us, if we decide to retire before age 65, health care coverage is a huge concern. I solved that problem by BUYING IT MYSELF! That is what the under-65 union retirees should have to do.
I’ve been sending it out all afternoon...haven’t gotten a lick of work done!
You guys send it to the ones I haven’t contacted. So far I’ve sent to:
Fox news desk
NRO Campaign SPot
Michelle Malkin
Power Line
Pension Tsunami
GOP HQ
and my congressman
Spread it around!
You guys PLEASE keep this thread bumped.
We MUST get this info out there....then watch the fireworks!
It’s no longer on the front page.
Bump it up for those just getting here!
Bttt!!!
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Bump and ping
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The unions must be protected at all costs ... after all, you never know when you might have to call on them for a little intimidation or getting out the vote.
Is anyone surprised at this? The Dems sure like to take care of their own, don’t they?
That's what I'm afraid of.
I wonder how many other states' public retirees we may be supporting? There are plenty of states in trouble, though CA is by far worse off.
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