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Originally Posted by djplong
Way to blow things out of proportion there, jflynn.
First, it's not like TBugs asked for those 3 weeks. That came courtesy of Mr. Gingrich.
Second, there was no guarantee that the workers would get paid for those weeks. Never mind the fact that they had no income while their bills continued to come due.
Third, if he's getting 6 weeks paid vacation, that means he's got a LOT of seniority. However, that puts him about on par with a low-lever worker in Germany.
Fourth, "through sick time pay"? I know some states still have this problem but federal workers cannot (and have not been able to for a while) cash out their sick time in a lump sum.
Fifth, define "full government pension". If I work 20 years and retire, I get 20% of my base pay as a pension - and that doesn't include geographic adjustments. In other words, I get 24% higher than "base pay" because I work in the Boston area (other areas get different percentages according to cost of living). My pension will not include that 24%.
Sixth, what "mess" are you referring to? And how is Gingrich's forced "vacation" with the retroactive pay that HE agreed to THE reason why we are in this "mess"?
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The one thing people who are in privately funded pensions or living on personal investments need to remember about the people on government pensions in these discussions, is that the people on government pensions do not live in the real world where your income is determined by the ups and downs of the markets or the general economy.
While your plans have to take in to account the future of your financial portfolio, the government pensioner is going to get his check and his extensive benefit package no matter what the government, which he worked for, does to bolster, or usually it seems, disable economic growth.
Of course, they may have some stake if they had a good enough pay package to invest supplementally, but it sure is nice to get guaranteed income and benefits no matter what happens in the economic world.
I'm just saying.