[vette6387]

What does the genesis of the workforce have to do with anything? I knew a guy who retired from the NYPD with a generous pension, moved to California and took a job with the USPS, from which he also retired with a generous pension. And my guess is that there are a lot of military retirees who have done the same thing and all they did in the military is shine their own shoes for 20 years. The USPS is an anachronism that needs to go the way of the buggy whip, or at least be forced into bankruptcy so that whoever takes over what’s left over starts with a clean slate.

[Route797]

And my guess is that there are a lot of military retirees who have done the same thing and all they did in the military is shine their own shoes for 20 years.

That reminds me of a veteran I knew who worked for the postal service. He could shine his own shoes, one of which was at the end of his artificial leg. He lost the rest of it in Vietnam.

[muawiyah]

Check out the federal nature of this nation's government. Federal personnel are totally separate from state personnel. Not the same government.

However, if you are military and you get a federal job they screw with your retirement pay so that you don't "double dip".

[sgtyork]

You don’t need to throw rocks at veterans. How about just making an arguement with some ideas?