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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (577573)7/23/2010 12:12:52 PM
From: Jim McMannis  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1571418
 
But they are still getting huge pensions.

RE:"I'm happy that they resigned but I'm disappointed at the pension that they're going to receive," said Ali Saleh, a member of the Bell Association to Stop the Abuse or BASTA.

Rizzo would be entitled to a state pension of more than $650,000 a year for life, according to calculations made by the Times. That would make Rizzo, 56, the highest-paid retiree in the state pension system.

Adams could get more than $411,000 a year.

Spaccia, 51, could be eligible for as much as $250,000 a year when she reaches 55, though the figure is less precise than for the other two officials, the Times said"



To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (577573)7/23/2010 8:48:22 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571418
 
>The difference is that the politicians directly write the rules, so they have much more power to rig the game than corporate execs.

Said corporate execs pay the politicians to write the rules in their favor. Are you not paying attention?

-Z


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