This is where our small government coalition falls apart. It always seems it is “handouts for me, but not for thee.” Where does it all end. How about law enforcement, they put their live’s on the line, how do we know, they tell us every chance they get. Should we keep up their gold plated pensions starting at the age of 40. How about full pensions for the Department of Education’s SWAT team. How about Social Security, no need to change that. Every retiree pulls out more than they ever paid in, what could go wrong. I have no problem with the General’s pension, but his complaint about paying state taxes like the rest of us schlubs comes across to me as licking the plate.
The only silver lining is this is the reason the Democrats did not hold their stranglehold over Congress like they had thru the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Why, because over time the money slowly went from building bridges, roads, and dams into pensions, healthcare, and other benefits to government workers. Unlike the Democrats of yore, todays Rats have nothing to show for their spending. Where Roosevelt could cut the ribbon for the Hoover Dam, Obama could highlight the six figure pension with free healtcare for life the assistant secretary to the assistant secretary of Paperwork and Compliance will get for the next 40 years after he or she retires at the age of 52.
For starters, it should end right here.