Monday, February 23, 2009

Sounding the alarm on public pensions

Overpaid Government Worker reports:
In Omaha, Neb., the pension board recently approved an $84,000 annual pension for a police sergeant (a sergeant??) who retired after 22 years of service with a base salary of $66,000 a year.

New York City firefighters get an average pension of $85,000 a year (average??), plus they can cash out after just 20 years on the job.

In San Diego, a retired assistant (assistant??) city attorney is getting $235,003 a year in pension benefits even though the most he made in a single year was $152,792.

Union leaders and retirees say these are extreme cases and don't represent typical benefits packages.
Class conflict.