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Old 08-17-2010, 08:11 AM
 
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but we will be paying their pensions and medical forever and what do we have, nothing break the gov unions let them live like us who are forced to pay for them live
too many people do not get that Government money is our money.
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:48 AM
 
Location: Gardiner, Maine
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do you also not have a problem with the fact that federal employees earn DOUBLE the salary of their private sector counterparts? Federal spending is out of control...
wrong

federal employees earn less that their counter parts, unless you count the pension, which is for working for the same company for 30 years
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Old 08-17-2010, 09:52 AM
 
Location: Gardiner, Maine
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but we will be paying their pensions and medical forever and what do we have, nothing break the gov unions let them live like us who are forced to pay for them live
yes you and they (they pay taxes too) pay for their pension, many federal workers (older ones) wont collect SS, because they didnt pay into it

and none of the federal 'workers' (no counting congress people) get medical for life, except the very same that you get, at 65, medicare
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