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...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Clearly these contracts are exorbitant and unfair to state and local taxpayers who get stuck with the bill. How did public employees get such sweet deals? Three words: Public employee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Cle ...[text shortened]... oyee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp
They're put in place (or were put in place) to secure that if you worked your whole life, you got something back for what you paid into.

An investment, if you like.

What's your beef with that then?

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Originally posted by shavixmir
They're put in place (or were put in place) to secure that if you worked your whole life, you got something back for what you paid into.

An investment, if you like.

What's your beef with that then?
Amen Shavix. Only young people who don't know or remember how thing USED to be before unions make those kinds of comments. A person who works 30 years for the same company, government or not, deserves a secure retirement. And people who work for the city/state/federal government work just as hard as anybody else--I should know.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Cle ...[text shortened]... oyee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp
Yes, blame the worker who put 30 years of his life into public service for the problems of the cities.

It has nothing to do with the loss of jobs in those cities due to multi-national companies outsourcing jobs to 3rd world countries for cheaper labour costs so that a few super rich stockholders can make even more money.

Way to put the blame on the average guy dsr. Bravo. You and Ross Perot should get gravesites next to each other.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Cle ...[text shortened]... oyee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp
Good to see that you agree that unionised workplaces are better paid workplaces.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can see I've attracted the wrong types of people to this thread, but what would a picnic be without ants? You should read the article, or better yet, pay the taxes for these overly-generous benefits and I guarantee that you'd then know what was wrong with this picture.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Cle ...[text shortened]... oyee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp
most public employees don't pay social security, so those numbers seem appropriate to me. If employers did right by their employees, there would be little need for the SSA.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
...and bankrupt America's cities.

Many California cities have a 3 percent rule which allows a state, county or city worker to accrue a pension benefit of 3 percent of his final salary for each year worked. So an employee who started on the job at age 22 can retire at age 52 with a lifetime pension benefit of 90 percent of the final salary. Cle ...[text shortened]... oyee unions.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/886hxint.asp
In Australia any employer you work for is legally obliged to pay 11 percent on top of your earnings into a pension fund, so working anywhere at any job provides a person with a good pension. Means the government pays out less for care of the retired. It works well.

On your point public employees generally get terrible wages next to their private counterparts thus providing a pension seems like a good Idea to me.

What's your complaint

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can see I've attracted the wrong types of people to this thread, but what would a picnic be without ants? You should read the article, or better yet, pay the taxes for these overly-generous benefits and I guarantee that you'd then know what was wrong with this picture.
nice try, but it's obvious most people are smart enough to see that the benefits of unions far outweigh the negatives. And I already pay those taxes you mention--and am happy to do so.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can see I've attracted the wrong types of people to this thread, but what would a picnic be without ants? You should read the article, or better yet, pay the taxes for these overly-generous benefits and I guarantee that you'd then know what was wrong with this picture.
speaking of tax money.....how many BILLIONS were announced by the Fed to infuse money into the credit market due to stupid lending practices by your banks?

The amount of money spent on pensions for a few WORKERS is tiny compared to the money you guys happily use to bail out the super-rich. Wouldn't want that hedge fund to go bankrupt now would we? No, no, that million dollar investment you made last year might only be worth $500,00. Well, screw that, hey government, print up 300 Billion will ya? Inflationary pressure be damned!!!!

Come on dsr. Make a thread with some sense once and a while. You want to make a mountain out of a mole hill everytime someone gets a benefit that you don't. You put the "I" in American.

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Originally posted by Mexico
I...On your point public employees generally get terrible wages next to their private counterparts thus providing a pension seems like a good Idea to me.

What's your complaint
This is patently false. Public employees get a tremendous wage premium vs. private sector employees when you factor in the amount of benefits they receive. Here is some interesting reading on the matter:

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15536

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15646

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Originally posted by uzless
speaking of tax money.....how many BILLIONS were announced by the Fed to infuse money into the credit market due to stupid lending practices by your banks?

The amount of money spent on pensions for a few WORKERS is tiny compared to the money you guys happily use to bail out the super-rich. Wouldn't want that hedge fund to go bankrupt now would we? No, no ...[text shortened]... f a mole hill everytime someone gets a benefit that you don't. You put the "I" in American.
The issue is not the benefit, but rather, the fact that their benefit is bankrupting our cities, counties and states:

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15537

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15509

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15375

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14732

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
The issue is not the benefit, but rather, the fact that their benefit is bankrupting our cities, counties and states:
Raise taxes then. Stop trying to get your public servants on the cheap.

The interesting thing about a lot of these pension scheme problems is that they'd have been avoided if various organisations hadn't used the massive rises in the stock market in the boom periods as an excuse to pay less money into them.

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Originally posted by mtthw
Raise taxes then. Stop trying to get your public servants on the cheap.

The interesting thing about a lot of these pension scheme problems is that they'd have been avoided if various organisations hadn't used the massive rises in the stock market in the boom periods as an excuse to pay less money into them.
I should have guessed you were English. I don't know what they're teaching you over there on the other side of the pond, but it is wrong. The stock market has nothing to do with prevailing wages, nor benefits paid to public employees.

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Originally posted by der schwarze Ritter
The issue is not the benefit, but rather, the fact that their benefit is bankrupting our cities, counties and states:

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15537

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15509

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=15375

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14732
Did you ever stop to think about the implications of using the NCPA as your ONLY source for economic 'studies'?

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