One of the bigger problems with this stuff is that the "young" retirees are generally bored with their routine day-to-day, and end up doing work that ends up impacting the local job markets.
For instance, a friend of mine (retired contractor) is building a retirement house for himself, and he's got a crew of young .gov retirees helping him build it - because they want him to return the favor on their lake cottage.
Tough rocks for any younger folk who need the PAYING work. .Gov is stealing their tax dollars to provide a comfortable retirement for guys who are taking their jobs.
Nice, hunh?
“One of the bigger problems with this stuff is that the “young” retirees are generally bored with their routine day-to-day, and end up doing work that ends up impacting the local job markets.”
It’s even worse when it comes to the FFs. Here they start out at about $100k. They work the “sick leave system” so they can run outside businesses. Since we live in a semi-rural area where people have large lots, the FD requires that they be “abated” every Spring for weeds. Well, one of our “beloved” FFs has a tractor with a rotovater and does “weed abatement” as a sideline. My guess is that he also has one of the “contracts” with the FD to do “weed abatement” on properties where the homeowner has failed to have it done on his own.
We have a “high-end market” in town. You can usually see the FFs there “provisioning the House” with the best food money can buy. You know what they say; “Firefighters eat until they are sleepy, then sleep until they’re hungry.”