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To: tejek who wrote (728502)	7/23/2013 11:19:47 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578210

They are getting NO pensions in Detroit now, halfwit.

To: tejek who wrote (728502)	7/23/2013 11:30:39 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578210

Pope forced into helicopter... piloted by George Zimmerman

To: tejek who wrote (728502)	7/23/2013 11:43:47 AM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Recommended By Tenchusatsu TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578210

>> "There's this myth that everyone in Detroit is getting a fat pension," LaBrecque said. "But that's clearly not true." They're entitled to those pensions. If there is the money to pay them. But if the city hasn't put the money aside each year there is no one to look to for payment. As I pointed out to you last week (and you belly-laughed about it), cities all over the country have done precisely the same thing. It is incompetence in leadership, but it is what it is. There is no money for this. Someone has to take the hit. The question now is "Who?" Should it be the union members who expected to receive the money, who actually had a deal with the city? Or should it be taxpayers in other states who had nothing to do with these contracts? When a union negotiates a pension deal, it is on THEM. It is on the union or the workers to be damned sure those funds are segregated on an annual basis. Unfortunately, none of these cities under liberal management are doing this. So, Chicago, SFO, NYC, they all have the same problem -- just at different stages of collapse. There is no reason I should have anything to do with it. Whatever I "pension" I have is money I've managed to put back for myself. Don't be looking to me to pay for these guys to have a nice retirement. Not my problem.

To: tejek who wrote (728502)	7/23/2013 11:58:47 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1578210

Homeland Security official probed .................................................................. By ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press : July 23, 2013 mysanantonio.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog is investigating President Barack Obama's pick to become to the department's No. 2 official for his role in helping a company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive. The Associated Press has learned that the DHS Inspector General's Office has identified U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas as a target in an ongoing investigation of the agency's foreign investor visa program. Mayorkas is nominated to be the department's deputy secretary and if approved by the Senate would likely lead the sprawling department on an interim basis until a permanent replacement for outgoing Secretary Janet Napolitano is selected. The White House had no immediate comment on the investigation. The department and USCIS did not immediately respond to inquiries.