Guest Paragon Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 There are times when it seems like the America I grew up with is fading fast, if it ever existed. Now we learn that what were considered the safest of pensions are not, and the government hasn't the money to back them up as they promised they would. Real people will suffer because of this. It's here, in this article from the NY Times today: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/04/12/thought-secure-pooled-pensions-teeter-and-fall/?hp Quote
Members ihpguy Posted April 12, 2014 Members Posted April 12, 2014 Well...if it isn't something, it's something else. Quote
Guest Paragon Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 Well...if it isn't something, it's something else. Increasingly true, I find. Quote
AdamSmith Posted April 12, 2014 Posted April 12, 2014 "A thing is what it is, and not something else." Wittgenstein Quote
Guest Paragon Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Detroit civil servants may see that they will not be losing their pensions after all. To me, that's good. I understand that some begrudge civil servants any compensation, but a promise is a promise. In order to bargain for pension benefits, they gave up other benefits. All part of what's called negotiations. Each side gives a little here, takes a little there. You don't agree to it and then renege after you have had the benefit of their service. Quote
