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To: marcher who wrote (203297)	5/20/2009 11:09:15 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

What about the retirement at 52? The post was riddled with words like "most", "not lavish", "small fraction"? Need specifics. And no one is picking just on teachers either. State and local are still government. Tax money. Here in FL the coffers are getting crushed. Will be worse next year.

To: marcher who wrote (203297)	5/20/2009 11:34:07 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

marcher, the teachers get 3% of their salary for each year worked. if you workers 30 years (22-52), you get 90% of your salary. 30 years also gets your medical paid (see below). your quotes highlight the selfish of these unions. they think collecting an average of 2/3 of their pay every year they retire isn't enough. the vast majority of private employees get 0%. some teachers get health care - you link makes that clear. there are some stipulations and i don't know what they are. telling someone who gets 0% and makes much less than the teachers ($69k for 9 months work - i know degreed engineers that make less than that in 12 months!) to fund the teachers to sit on the beach and sip beers from 52 on is absurd. the people have had it with the spoiled children state unions and their hold over government. "had it."