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In reply to the discussion: Parkland school cop Scot Peterson gets $8,702 a month in pension [View all]StevieM
(10,500 posts)15. You make some good points. Unfortunately, I am not a normal human being.
I cannot stop myself from informing you that in your subject line you wrote "too" when you meant to write "to."
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Parkland school cop Scot Peterson gets $8,702 a month in pension [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2018
OP
I am curious as to how this compares with teacher's retirements. It seems very generous.
olegramps
May 2018
#8
hey random person on the internet, it's your word which offers no expertise on the matter versus...
CreekDog
May 2018
#67
Separate issue and it is horrible the way we treat teachers as to salary and pensions.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#16
Nope, i say give the teacher the same as the cop, dont LOWER one of them.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#21
And neither do rich people sounds like otherwise you could afford those pensions.
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#26
What does ANY of that have to do with what I said? So you SHOULD HAVE income tax there
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#28
This is actually true. A member of my family retired in his 50's from law enforcement.
dameatball
May 2018
#79
No, we don't reduce employment benefits negotiated by unions and the states with your whims
CreekDog
May 2018
#68
There is basically nowhere in the private sector that you can get a pension deal like this anymore
VMA131Marine
May 2018
#3
Articles like this are too keep people angry about folks with good pensions...
GulfCoast66
May 2018
#11
Then raise taxes dramatically on local business and people in the higher tax brackets like is done
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#24
No, he didnt, BUT if we set a precedent that ONE act can wipe out THIRTY YEARS
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#18
He entered into a contract that provided a pension based upon years of service.
tinrobot
May 2018
#44
It is broken but NOT for the reason you are saying, it is broken because we dont ALL
Eliot Rosewater
May 2018
#19
I guess I chose the wrong career path. I've never made $100,000 for any year I've worked.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
May 2018
#32