Posted by
Joe Clark on Friday, June 13, 2008 1:41:57 PM
Politicians from both parties are guilty of this and will have a big hand in bankrupting our country if state, local, and federal spending is not brought under control.
Is it right that an officer put 20 years in on the job and then get a full pension for the rest of his life based on approximately 70% of the value of his last yearly salary (if his last yearly salary were $100,000 he would make $70,000 per year for the rest of his life)? If someone were to become an officer at the age of 25, retired at the age of 45, and died at the age of 85 he would have worked for 20 years and then received a full pension at tax payer expense for the last 40 years of his life. Senator Obama -- is this what we're supposed to tax the rich for? Not that I do not want police officers to be taken care of upon retirement, but something entirely different must be worked out.
And I don't mean to just pick on police officers at all -- this goes for ALL government employees.