State legislature unfair to taxpayers
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Submitted by DW, Feb 18, 2008 11:36

Let's elect all new Republicans and Democrat state legislators, because the current legislators voted to permit teachers to retire with full pensions after 25 years. Neither the legislators nor Mayor Bloomberg who clearly lied when he said that the bill is revenue neutral, represent the interests of NY taxpayers. There is a growing disconnect between teachers and government employees who are permitted to retire on full pensions at age 55 and all the taxpayers in the private sector who are required to work at least until 66 to claim social security. I believe that government employees should be required to work at least until age 60 to claim a full pension. This abuse of the NY taxpayers follows Government Pataki's approval of a bill several years ago that added cost of living increases to pensions.

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Title	By	Date
⇒ State legislature unfair to taxpayers [135 words]	DW	Feb 18, 2008 11:36
↔ Reply [61 words]	Anon	Feb 25, 2008 08:20
At a total loss here!! [115 words]	TessieNY	Feb 16, 2008 13:12
Retirement incentive [13 words]	Kathryn Sever	Feb 15, 2008 15:18
Teachers Strike Gold [65 words]	A. Levy	Feb 15, 2008 11:15
teachers retirement [5 words]	francisshean	Feb 15, 2008 10:38
Shady Deal. [8 words]	MartinSanderson	Feb 15, 2008 10:03
Taxpayer ripoff [44 words]	Big Payoff for votes	Feb 15, 2008 09:41
No One Else Even Covered It [143 words]	Larry Littlefield	Feb 15, 2008 08:34
Good Deal for Teachers Maybe a Bad Deal for Schools [99 words]	Matt	Feb 15, 2008 07:00

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