Government Pensions And Social Security

• yedda0 Social Security and Government pensions
• toddz How many of you, having previously held a presumptively secure job with a solid company, are now working as a contractor or consultant The trend toward taking employees off the payroll only to hire them again as contractorswithout health benefits, pensions, sick days, vacationsbegan in the 1970s with janitors, construction workers and truckers.
• floatr @marcus Government today is no longer a system where village elders sat around a tree to solve the problems of the entire village, politics is not a noble profession meant to serve the interests of people.
• akatina MVB tickled my brain, so blame this question on him. What are your thoughts on government pensions, either state or federal If you're a proponent of significantly lowering the overall tax burden and government spending, would you be willing to cut the pension programs
• smheadhunter @meporter - Social Security, Medicare, and state, local, and government pensions are tragically underfunded, but mandated.