3 ms·
Somebody has to take the punch bowl away and make us pay what’s come due. Why is it public-sector retirees in particular who must pay that price? Again, they
by pulisse 9y ago
Somebody has to take the punch bowl away and make us pay what’s come due.
Why is it public-sector retirees in particular who must pay that price? Again, they have moral and legal claims on their pensions, and they (largely low and moderate income households) are not the primary beneficiaries of decades of low taxes that left state pensions underfunded.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- smsm42 9y ago> Why is it public-sector retirees in particular who must pay that price? Because they have voted in the politicians who perpetrated the fraud, and gladly bought into it. Public sector unions are one of the largest political donors.
- toomuchtodo 9y agoPublic sector retirees are not the only people who voted for these politicians.
- smsm42 9y agoNot only, but they can't claim this is something that was done to them over their protest. It was something done by them, in collusion with others.