3. Unlike many jobs in the private sector, the recruitment and training expenses for many public sector jobs (especially for safety positions) are very, very high, and they require applicants with exceptionally good character and specific skill sets/characteristics because of the responsibility and liability involved with these jobs. The public employers save money by having a low turnover rate. Having defined benefit pension plans is the #1 way to lure the best applicants and KEEP them there.[/quote]
Here we go again: public employee exceptional-ism.
Give me a break.
I could be a cop immediately.
I could be a firefighter immediately.
I could be a teacher immediately.
And on and on.
I’d bet a 100 cops and a 100 firefighters and a 100 teachers combined could not do my job.
No way.[/quote]
If you could do it, then you would do it…and you could stop complaining about the “lavish” pensions that you’re not getting.
