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Undeserved? All parties agreed to a contract. They "deserved" it because that's what the contract said. It's crummy that the state made promises it's now ren
by Frondo 9y ago
Undeserved?
All parties agreed to a contract. They "deserved" it because that's what the contract said.
It's crummy that the state made promises it's now reneging on, but that in no way makes any sort of pension offer "undeserved."
This is a contract issue, not a moral one.
Or, think of a similar situation: the old guy who's fired shortly before retirement so that he doesn't qualify for his pension. The company says his performance was fine, but didn't want to pay a pension. Do we then conclude that his pension was "undeserved"? Of course not.
- nradov 9y agoIt was not a fair contract negotiated at arms length. The politicians who agreed to it were largely elected by public employee unions who disproportionally benefited from it at the expense of taxpayers. It was a huge conflict of interest and so there's nothing immoral about reneging on the contract now.