02-28-2011, 07:52 PM
[quote='jenjen' pid='138022' dateline='1298931516']
[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!!!!
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STFU, when you retire do you have to ask and hope that you can collect your retirement just like you do when you APPLY for social security?
they match your contribution to your retirement? you do know that most 401K's the employer will only match 4% or so right? no matter how much you put in.
Oh well, it must suck to be you and not be happy with what the tax payers GIVE you.
quit and find a private sector job if they sound so appealing.
no one is making you stay on the tax payer tit.
[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!!!!
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STFU, when you retire do you have to ask and hope that you can collect your retirement just like you do when you APPLY for social security?
they match your contribution to your retirement? you do know that most 401K's the employer will only match 4% or so right? no matter how much you put in.
Oh well, it must suck to be you and not be happy with what the tax payers GIVE you.
quit and find a private sector job if they sound so appealing.
no one is making you stay on the tax payer tit.
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