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Originally Posted by Clawdio45
Just a note from a retired Postal worker: the Post Office is self funding. It is NOT supported by taxes, but by its own sales and postage. I can also tell you from PERSONAL experience that my "pension" consists of a very small government stipend (into which I paid for almost 20 years) and Social Security. The two combined come nowhere near what I earned while employed. It rankles when people who have no direct knowledge present unfounded crud that "everyone knows" as fact. I do NOT get health insurance "paid for" for the rest of my life. NONE of us do. I pay for Medicare (comes out of my Social Security) and I pay for additional insurance (comes out of that small pension). End of rant.
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As a retired CS Electrical Engineer, we made less money then Contractors that startedsetting up shop outside the gate. People do not know that the manual labor jobs like painting, plumbing, electrical and so forthe are done by Service Contractore. The Fed Govt employees are Engineers, Scientists, Medical Doctors, Lawyers. That swings the comparison to the total private Sector workforce off.
Now Police and fireman can not work as long due to the demands of the job.
I am under CSRS, no Social Security, pay as much for my FHEB Health Insurance now as when I worked. It is not free and quite pricey. Get Medicare A free as since early '80s we were forced to pay Medicare tax.
So don't begrudge us Feds our pension as that is all we get.