All the facts
POSTED: May 11, 2008
As a retired state employee, I am tired of reading about the 25 percent pension increase. Articles never mention in December 2001 those wanting increases had to sign forms for added dollars deducted from our paychecks! Articles make it sound like increases are from taxpayer pockets. Do legislators have dollars deducted from their paychecks?
We're fortunate to have fudiciaries invest pension funds netting excellent returns/earned 17.2 percent in 2007.
We rank and file employees and management whom I was fortunate enough to work with worked very hard to deserve these pensions. We (some still having deductions from their pay) do not appreciate being lumped into the "pension grab" group. State employees have no control over what legislators do. We would appreciate "all the facts" in future articles
Arla Woodling
Retired
Hughesville
Submitted by Virtual Newsroom
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lowkey
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05-12-08 9:16 PM
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Private industry won't do it because it cuts into their bottom line too much. My question is: When most of America's jobs are shipped overseas (so that we can have a glut of cheap, inferior goods on our shelves)and most of the country has no or low wage jobs, who is going to buy private industry's crap?
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EyeOnYou
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05-12-08 3:40 PM
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Government simply can't afford to employ someone for 20 years, if that's what it is now, and keep them for life afterwards, perhaps a period of 30 to 40 years, without getting any labor in return. Private industry can't do that, and presently government is just too big and spends too much money. We can't afford government the way it has grown.
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