02-28-2011, 06:18 PM
[quote='thekid65' pid='137230' dateline='1298819376']
[quote]If these people have been employed under certain conditions then they are entitled to keep them. I bet these government workers are hardly living the high life.
"A few perks"...heh, that's funny.
I am a government employee, I started in 1993 at $10,800 per year. It has taken me 18 years to FINALLY make my current $28,000 a year. [b]WHERE do people get the idea that WE make SO much money??? Insurance??? Yes, when I started it was covered at 100% BUT, on ten thousand a year could I have afforded a premium? I pay $150 per month for insurance now and it is only a 70⁄30 policy. I PRAY that I am never hospitalized because I couldn't afford the co-pay. I PAY into my retirement fund, my employer matches that amount JUST LIKE AN EMPLOYER MATCHES AN EMPLOYEES SOCIAL SECURITY.
And since I mentioned Social Security, yes, I worked over 10 years paying into SS and guess what???? I can only draw 1⁄3 of my benefit (called a windfall tax) because, I contribute to PERS!!! Where is that fair? That is my damn money, I worked for it AND earned it, WHY should they keep any of my money????
To the gentleman who pays $800 a month in insurance....how much do you make a month in your "private sector" job. I bet my ass it's a lot MORE than what the little Government worker makes! As a matter of fact....maybe this will OPEN your eyes....I clear $56 MORE than your insurance premium every 2 weeks and I'll show you the pay stub to prove it. Your attitude & others like it just plain piss me off!!!!
[quote]If these people have been employed under certain conditions then they are entitled to keep them. I bet these government workers are hardly living the high life.
"A few perks"...heh, that's funny.
I am a government employee, I started in 1993 at $10,800 per year. It has taken me 18 years to FINALLY make my current $28,000 a year. [b]WHERE do people get the idea that WE make SO much money??? Insurance??? Yes, when I started it was covered at 100% BUT, on ten thousand a year could I have afforded a premium? I pay $150 per month for insurance now and it is only a 70⁄30 policy. I PRAY that I am never hospitalized because I couldn't afford the co-pay. I PAY into my retirement fund, my employer matches that amount JUST LIKE AN EMPLOYER MATCHES AN EMPLOYEES SOCIAL SECURITY.
And since I mentioned Social Security, yes, I worked over 10 years paying into SS and guess what???? I can only draw 1⁄3 of my benefit (called a windfall tax) because, I contribute to PERS!!! Where is that fair? That is my damn money, I worked for it AND earned it, WHY should they keep any of my money????
To the gentleman who pays $800 a month in insurance....how much do you make a month in your "private sector" job. I bet my ass it's a lot MORE than what the little Government worker makes! As a matter of fact....maybe this will OPEN your eyes....I clear $56 MORE than your insurance premium every 2 weeks and I'll show you the pay stub to prove it. Your attitude & others like it just plain piss me off!!!!