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In reply to the discussion: Illinois lawmakers approve major pension overhaul [View all]duffyduff
(3,251 posts)21. I suspect the poster doesn't even know what "double dipping" is.
"Double dipping" is the instance of retirees who collect a public pension and then are hired back to do the same job WHILE collecting their public pension. Some agencies do this to save money.
It is not people who retire and get Social Security and/or private pensions who are "double dippers." People who are screwed out of their full SS retiree or survivor benefits but didn't pay into it in their public employment jobs are not "double dippers."
WEP/GPO needs to be repealed, by the way.
Public employees already HAVE a 401(k) type plan called a 403(b), which covers non-profits. It is available throughout the country. Illinois legislators are a bunch of morons.
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Every time I hear about double dipping it's some upper echelon director or political ...
Hassin Bin Sober
Dec 2013
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