namedpipes
NES Member
You also have to figure in Florida's cost of living. You can (at least at the time that guy's stepson applied) get a nice house for a fraction of what you would pay up here. Municipalities like Lowell and Lawrence are now having problems funding public service pensions and their fully-paid-for-life insurance bennies for retirees. Eventually, it will have to come to an end. There are cops in MA who are under indictment for felonies (including a deputy chief) and one cop sitting in a Florida jail, awaiting child rape charges, still collecting their full salaries. This has to stop. When the money finally runs out, it will. Money (or lack of it), is a powerful weapon indeed. Lack of cash, and the resulting insolvency, caused the demise of the once-mighty Soviet Union.
Really guy?
I'm curious if that was a blanket "really" or if you're responding to specific parts.
Because he makes some decent points.
Many towns are in serious financial trouble trying to pay retiree benefits including insurance.
It very well may come to a point where some knuckle under, apologize and tell the retirees "Sorry but it's done".
I have no thoughts about collecting pensions while in legal difficulty. That's probably a 50 page thread that would end in a lock.
The USSR did have monumental economic problems that contributed to the collapse.