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Re:Rewarding Neglect and Punishing Investment in Struggling ... by jelliclesfarm on Thursday March 14, 2019 @12:26PM (#19390756)
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-pension-crisis-davis-... : this is an example of how pensions and unfunded pension liabilities are bankrupting California

At the end of the day, it’s speculation. Instead of spitting on the face of millennials and tech and Silicon Valley, they ought to look at unions and the burden of unfunded pension liabilities.

For most public sector employees, the last salary you draw is your pension for life. Law enforcement and fire fighters retire at 50 and are free to work after retirement. Until a few years ago, unclaimed leave could be cashed in..a caltrans driver took home 400+k from leave accumulated over 35 years. Others take the last couple of years off but remain unemployed getting an average of 4-5% hike annually which becomes part of their pension. This isn’t deferred pay. It’s pension spiking. It comes from unfunded liabilities. Which would put every Californian in debt for years to come and will probably never go away until pension schemes are over hauled.

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