Good for you my brother, if your employer promised it to you then I am all in favor of you receiving it............
If you don't get it then by God, let us know and we will attack your employer and demand that you receive it........If our demands aren't met then rest assured we will launch a boycott of them.
I and we have your back bro!
Wow, After all these years of attacks, your support is a true breath of fresh air!
No matter how many times they are told that we public employees pay into our retirement system, we are said to be getting something for nothing!
Thank You!
” if your employer promised it to you then I am all in favor of you receiving it............”
Anyone who is promised anything by any government does not have an “asset” They have a claim on future taxpayer income. If the taxpayers do not have sufficient income, no matter what the “promise”, there is no payment from the government.
Local, State, Federal, even Military pensions are dependent upon future taxpayers prosperity and their ability to be taxed. If taxpayers are unable to prosper enough to pay to the level of expectation, there is a problem, and someone doesn’t get paid their pension.
take the emotion out of the argument. If we don’t have the money, we can’t pay.
Not all promises are created equal.
If I promise to pay Peter money from Paul, then Paul doesn’t have to pay. If I made the promise, then I am responsible.
Unions had as their business model getting promises from office holder Peter to tax Paul, to pay John.
John may complain about Peter. He has no right to complain about Paul. To the extent that John accepted promises from Peter that depended on Paul’s money, John brought it on himself.