[Topspinmo]

I think some are confused between elected officials and there aids, vs career fed employees. IMO The retirement benefits are NOT the same. The so called LAW MAKERS get 100% and FREE health care Vs, compared to the working calls GS or WG fed employee. Fed employees pay into there retirement after I think 86 to be more inline with civilian counter part even though the hourly wage or salary was for the most part lower than civilian counter part.
IMO Once Your so called Civilian CEO's started outsourcing and cutting the fat federal wage maybe equaled civilian counterpart. Fed employees (NOT ELECTED OFFICIALS) pay for health care and their retirement fund.

I was Veteran Non-commissioned officer with 24 years service. Which includes moving all over the world and getting shot at. Compared to teacher I retirement pay is probably half and I was NOT able to retire at the 20 year mark due to my retirement pay was enough to verily make house payment. Some Civilian counterpart usually has house paid for by retirement time.

IMO SO you can't slop all federal retires into the LAW Maker category and their aids or staff retirement plans.. they are totally different.

By the time I retire I will have 40 years federal service and 6 years civilian service. That should be worth something IMO. After all if the federal retirement plans were so great everybody had the change to Join the military and get those great benefits of 125 bucks every two weeks and that free military health care every body raves about that they are not getting.

Lets Do little research before we lump all fed employee's in with the career elected officials that YOU elected to run the country in the ground.