Re: NY Times Thinks Military Pensions Are Welfare Benefits

Military Pensions Are Welfare Benefits
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not so ... but still not wanted
public servant pensions need to be eliminated
they should mirror pensions in the private sector

On Sep 24, 1:46 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> NY Times Thinks Military Pensions Are Welfare
> Benefits<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/ny-times-thinks-mil...>
> *Dr. Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* |
> September 22, 2011 at 12:10 pm | Categories:
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> The dictionary defines <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/welfare>"welfare"
> as "Financial or other aid provided, especially by the government, to people
> in need." And according to *Roget's
> Thesaurus*,<http://thesaurus.yourdictionary.com/welfare>the synonyms
> for "welfare" include "public assistance, public works, social
> aid, unemployment benefits, child welfare, federal aid, poverty program,
> Social Security, the dole".
>
> I have a question for FOTM readers who work for a non-government entity and
> has paid into its retirement system:
>
> *"Do you think of your pension as WELFARE?"*
>
> No?
>
> I have news for the retired and serving members of the United States
> Military:
>
> *The New York Times thinks your pension is WELFARE.*
>
> This is what the *Times*' reporters James Dao and Mary Williams wrote
> in "Retiree
> Benefits for the Military Could Face
> Cuts<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/us/retiree-benefits-for-the-militar...>,"
> September 18, 2011:
>
> As Washington looks to squeeze savings from once-sacrosanct entitlements
> like Social Security<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/s/social...>and
> Medicare<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealth...>,
> another big social welfare system is growing as rapidly, but with far less
> scrutiny: the health and pension benefits of military retirees.
>
> Military pensions and health care for active and retired troops now cost the
> government about $100 billion a year, representing an expanding portion of
> both the Pentagon budget — about $700 billion a year, including war costs —
> and the national
> debt<http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/subjects/n/nat...>,
> which together finance the programs.
>
> Nice to know that the *New York Times t*hinks your military pension is
> synonymous with "public assistance" and the dole"!
>
> *~Eowyn*
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