[napscoordinator]

I know some government workers who are in their 70’s. They just can’t let it go. They love it and find it a sense of duty. They are saving us big bucks. Of course no one will believe it, but if you retire the couple in their 70’s and put them on pension....you still have to hire two new folks to do their job. I think more people are working longer than 55 years old. People in government enjoy it and find a lot of happiness in sacrificing their entire lives to the United States of America. Understand that most here don’t understand that because sacrifice is not necessarily a good word.

[Mamzelle]

Every state employee I know is jumping at their retirement bennies as early as possible. Then they sometimes get other jobs after retiring. What they're doing is rational; I'm not scolding. What I'm saying is that they should face the same problems as those in the private sector.

A lot of those bennies came about through corrupt negotiations with corrupt politicians.

We in the private sector have to face the awful fact that all our savings may be worth less than we hoped.

If a family can walk away from their mortgage, why not the gov?

[PLMerite]

I can retire at 55 with 36.5 years of federal service to get about 70% of my base pay.