pesky nasa pensions
"Most government entities have pensions and benefits plans that far outstrip comparable private sector pensions and benefits. As NASA closes down the space shuttle program, we're learning that the contracts guarantee the retirements plans for the contractor's employees whether they work or not. These unfunded obligations are said to actually triple the debt the government is owning up to--and it's one area every Tea Party group can look into."
the line that gets me is "As NASA closes down the space shuttle program, we're learning that the contracts guarantee the retirements plans for the contractor's employees whether they work or not." are you supposed to work until the day you die to receive your pension? if that is the case, it is not a pension, is it?
my best friend from high school recently retired from a lifetime(20 years) of military service and now receives a pension from the us army, "whether he works or not." are you outraged about that? are you outraged that soldiers get college educations paid for by the government after devoting a few years to this country? what is your logic?
to the best of my ability, i have tried learning about the tea party with an objective eye, but the more i learn about the it the more i see this sort of selective outrage.
more politics goodies:
occupy this
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imbalance of power
» read | posted: 2011-01-16
survival of the fattest
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» read | posted: 2010-06-29
against science
people deny the same science which rules every part of their lives
» read | posted: 2009-10-05
risky business
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» read | posted: 2008-09-11
this author knows sarah palin
got this email forwarded to me from a friend of a friend who apparently knows sarah palin
» read | posted: 2008-09-11
the decline and fall
reading edward gibbon's 'decline and fall of the roman empire.' an interesting read.
» read | posted: 2008-07-06
irradiated nation
irradiation is supposed to kill bacteria. doesn't appear to work.
» read | posted: 2008-06-19
i'll take a burger, hold the diarrhea.
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» read | posted: 2008-06-16
future ghettos
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» read | posted: 2008-02-29
iSuck
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» read | posted: 2008-02-24
dr. ron paul
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» read | posted: 2008-02-20
cut and run
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» read | posted: 2008-01-18
political progress
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» read | posted: 2008-01-06
whole foods
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» read | posted: 2007-11-21
eminent domain 2.0
the government wants your stuff to make themselves more money. is it a communist plot?
» read | posted: 2007-10-21
freedom fries
why would someone defend my right to poison myself in the name of the free market?
» read | posted: 2007-09-28
tap dancing
larry craig, just like everyone else in the republican party, is a hypocrite. it wasn't supposed to be this way.
» read | posted: 2007-09-11
gentrification
i am a white male. i live in an ethnic neighborhood that i wasn't born in. i am responsible for rents going up. such is life.
» read | posted: 2007-07-19
nice try gw
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» read | posted: 2007-05-31
ladies and gentlemen, hugo chavez
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» read | posted: 2007-05-01
a dying colonialism
red dawn, frantz fanon, ho chi minh. america's inability to learn from the mistakes of european imperialism and it's incapacity to understand that other people don't want us to make their decisions for them.
» read | posted: 2007-04-27
burn the constitution
why the constitution must change or be thrown away.
» read | posted: 2007-04-16
an odd union
the american labor movement has always aligned itself with the liberal democratic party - even though union members are anything but liberal.
» read | posted: 2007-04-07
libertarians vs. reality
libertarians are the funniest windmill jousters around.
» read | posted: 2006-05-02
usa uber alles
the current immigration "dilemma" is something that conservatives are, yet again not thinking through.
» read | posted: 2006-04-16
