[quote=pri_dk] . . . Got a problem with bankers, traders, and Wall Street types? Why don’t you do it yourself if they’ve got it so good?
See how easy it is to turn the argument around?[/quote]
Actually, no I don’t. I believe in karma. Those “wall st types” not only live on constant stress, they have absolutely no control over their own incomes or futures. Their house of cards could come tumbling down on ANY bad morning. Many already have. I wouldn’t want any of those jobs even if I were “qualified” for them.
[quote=pri_dk]Anyway, the OP article is about the STATE pension shortfalls, so if you want to tell us dramatic, peripherally relevant anecdotes about the hardships of pension beneficiaries, you should be linking the the CHP website.[/quote]
Not sure what you’re stating here about the “cushy” existence of “CHP retirees.” This is of course after acquiring PTSD (at the very least) in decades of chasing vehicles on the fwy (incl speeding vans full of 20+ illegal aliens driven by smugglers), standing on a fwy shoulder/median several times per day and night and responding to numerous fatal accidents, etc! pri-dk, are you aware that CHP officers MUST serve 2-3 years out of every decade of service in “BFE??” Of course, while serving in “BFE” the CHP will put you (and your family, if they can stomach it) up in their awesome, state-owned houses in the heart of Death Valley, Salton Sea, Pacheco Pass, Needles, Mono Lake, McCloud, Madera/Chowchilla . . . you get the picture! Not what you’re used to or the size your family expects? No “carefully-planned” developments within a 100 mi radius? Not “Tuscan-style” and has a 20+ mi bus ride to school?? TOUGH SHIT! Leave your family back in suburbia or exurbia and visit them every other wknd or so!
pri_dk, what are you waiting for? This is your chance to become vested in CalPERS!
[quote=pri_dk]Of course nobody on this thread rooting for the public sector employees has even attempted to answer the fundamental question:
Who is going to to pay for the $240-$500 billion shortfall? . . . [/quote]
pri_dk, can you point me to a link where you obtained this information? If it is already posted on this thread and I overlooked it, can you point me there? Thank you 🙂
