Comments on: Little Sympathy for Complaining Retired Cops http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops The Authoritative Blog on Stamford Connecticut Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:30:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: LVTfan http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-299 LVTfan Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:56:49 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-299 #5 -- I'm not so sure of your last assertion. I wish it were true, but I don't think it pencils out. At 4% return, after 45 years of $2000 (beginning of year) one ends up with $252,455. At 6% net return, $455,386 (a third of it gained during the final 6 years). The present value of many workers' social security is much higher than that. #5 — I’m not so sure of your last assertion. I wish it were true, but I don’t think it pencils out. At 4% return, after 45 years of $2000 (beginning of year) one ends up with $252,455. At 6% net return, $455,386 (a third of it gained during the final 6 years). The present value of many workers’ social security is much higher than that.

]]> By: Mr. Stamford http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-293 Mr. Stamford Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:54:15 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-293 I guess you cannot read on the East Side. I am not saying that cops don't deserve a pension, I am saying that they should not get EXTRA pay on top of the pension they already have. It's like people who complain that they cannot live on social security...you have to be a total idiot to believe you can live on social security alone. You can save $2000 a year in a roth IRA and retire with way more than you will ever get on social security. I guess you cannot read on the East Side. I am not saying that cops don’t deserve a pension, I am saying that they should not get EXTRA pay on top of the pension they already have.

It’s like people who complain that they cannot live on social security…you have to be a total idiot to believe you can live on social security alone. You can save $2000 a year in a roth IRA and retire with way more than you will ever get on social security.

]]> By: East Sider http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-292 East Sider Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:16:46 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-292 Wow, I stopped reading this site after your nasty rants about the East Side, but Stamford Talk linked to you today so I decided to check out what you're saying. No surprise that you continue to be a cranky, complaining jerk. Public service pensions are our promise to people who have served us. Public service workers typically get crappy pay for doing really tough work, but the one upside is a decent pension. What you may not know is that many public service workers in CT do not get social security, only their public pensions. Wow, I stopped reading this site after your nasty rants about the East Side, but Stamford Talk linked to you today so I decided to check out what you’re saying. No surprise that you continue to be a cranky, complaining jerk.

Public service pensions are our promise to people who have served us. Public service workers typically get crappy pay for doing really tough work, but the one upside is a decent pension.

What you may not know is that many public service workers in CT do not get social security, only their public pensions.

]]> By: Doc http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-291 Doc Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:15:42 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-291 Totally agree with you. I thought this article was ridiculous when I read it. Granted I probably don't have all the facts, but given the usual rants of entitlement that usually comes from union members, I think their likely just asking for a handout. Totally agree with you. I thought this article was ridiculous when I read it. Granted I probably don’t have all the facts, but given the usual rants of entitlement that usually comes from union members, I think their likely just asking for a handout.

]]> By: patty http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-290 patty Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-290 1982 was a different time. Police officers retired with a reasonable expectation of having a living wage for the rest of their days. So did many others; it was the era of the pension not the 401(k). 1982 was a different time. Police officers retired with a reasonable expectation of having a living wage for the rest of their days. So did many others; it was the era of the pension not the 401(k).

]]> By: anon http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/little-sympathy-for-complaining-retired-cops/comment-page-1#comment-289 anon Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:36:10 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=45#comment-289 I totally agree with you. How about working until at least 65 like the rest of us? I totally agree with you. How about working until at least 65 like the rest of us?

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