Reply #2: A lot of union contracts are written so that the pension is [View All]

[hedgehog]

based on what you earn the last few years. So steel workers, firemen, policemen etc are apt to put in crazy overtime just before retiring to try to boost their pensions. They follow the rules, then some reporter or politician makes a big stink about the money they're making. If people don't like this, next contract put a cap on overtime.

If someone earns one government job for 20 or 30 years, retires and goes out to get another government job and earns another pension, they're castigated for double dipping. Again, they followed the rules! What does earning a pension from one job have to do with earning a second pension in a different job?