Retirement

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Socialist

[Valpo Cardinal Fan]

Socialist

The guy graduated from DePauw in Greencastle, IN which is a very, very good school. I still wonder who he paid off to get his degree.

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.… No, not our nation's, but in World War II. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history"

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."

"You take the UNCF (United Negro College Fund) model that what a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." Many of my friends who went to DePauw's rival Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN quoted this continually to goad DePauw grads. I think by now it's faded some what.

Oh, yeah.....how do you spell potato(e)?

[Freed Roger]

Judge says Detroit can cut pensions in bankruptcy

Similar things going on elsewhere. Not sure about this Illinois thing -probably a different scenario since Detroit was a bankruptcy court.

When it comes to trends and precedents - allowing governments to renege on pension obligations makes me uneasy. Undoubtedly, some pensions were gained with chicanery and agreed to by stupid lawmakers that also benefit from it. But overall, pensions were bargained-for, as part of a compensation package. So the governments are now broke -should that mean that sizeable portion of this problem gets paid for by state/local employees?

And if the government can renege on contracts with it's employees - that can't be good for workers anywhere.

[IMADreamer]

Judge says Detroit can cut pensions in bankruptcy

Similar things going on elsewhere. Not sure about this Illinois thing -probably a different scenario since Detroit was a bankruptcy court.

When it comes to trends and precedents - allowing governments to renege on pension obligations makes me uneasy. Undoubtedly, some pensions were gained with chicanery and agreed to by stupid lawmakers that also benefit from it. But overall, pensions were bargained-for, as part of a compensation package. So the governments are now broke -should that mean that sizeable portion of this problem gets paid for by state/local employees?

And if the government can renege on contracts with it's employees - that can't be good for workers anywhere.

That's just awesome. Anyway to screw the average guy over. We've gone over some line here that we can't get back across. I think this is a bad sign.

[haltz]

I just got some sort of paperwork for a program I had no idea that I was involved in. Turns out I've accrued a whopping $36.82 over the last 2-3 years.

[JackofDiamonds]

I just got some sort of paperwork for a program I had no idea that I was involved in. Turns out I've accrued a whopping $36.82 over the last 2-3 years.

GET THAT PAPER