“Talk about obtuse. The number in the budget....the one I provided you.....is the SOURCE of the controversy.”
Only for you. Those of us who are actually involved know that both numbers are nonsense.
“It’s the difference between a $1.7M retirement package and a $1.6M retirement package. It’s reported as “military must sacrifice $100k” but the bigger story of the size of the retirement package is concealed. Why?”
What is concealed is that the size of the retirement package is much, much less than either figure. Many of us are trying to tell you that retirees do not get anything approaching a million dollars over the course of their lifetime.
“THAT is what you are complaining about. The difference between $1.7M and $1.6M.”
No, it’s not. What I am complaining about is your gullibility in believing either figure.
“You can claim it’s ridiculous, but it’s not MY number - it’s the one in the actual budget - allocated to an “average” military retiree.”
So, bureaucrats and politicians don’t lie? We can just take their word for anything? Listen up—I would have to live to be one hundred and ten (110) years old to collect a million dollars. I am unlikely to make seventy.
Our retirement packages do not make us millionaires, regardless of what lying leftist bureaucrats and politicians say.
“So you agree with me that a million dollar package for federal, military, state and municipal retirees is excessive, even as you deny it is even so.”
At the value of the dollar today, it would be high.
“At least we’ve found common ground.”
Yes. Now, if you can explain how $20,000 a year for ten years is a “million dollar package,” then we’ll be ready to sit down and have a beer together.
” Now, if you can explain how $20,000 a year for ten years is a “million dollar package,” then we’ll be ready to sit down and have a beer together.”
let’s call it 40 years, with COLAs + medical. Easily reaches $1M.