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I'm talking both private company pensions and government pensions.

I'm talking both private company pensions and government pensions.

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Government ones definitely. They aren't managed right and are always using best case scenarios and always assume growth, and if they miss those numbers they just raid the general fund to cover the difference.

I'm not familiar with private company pensions.

California's are so badly setup the state will go bankrupt because of them but the politicians don't care as long as it doesn't affect their paycheck.

[–] 1 pt

They are also under the illusion their pensions won't be affected by bankruptcy. Can't wait for the crying that day. At the current rate, there will be one government employee for the whole state and their job will be to ensure the direct deposits go through.

Hopefully, my family and I aren't here when the bankruptcy happens.

[–] 3 pts

Depends on the management of the pension. One of mine is 58 percent funded and the other is 96 percent. They fluctuate. I will for sure be making more money monthly when I retire. One of my Uncles just retired last winter and he is pulling in 7,300 a month from working a stone cutting job for 36 years.

[–] 3 pts

I'm totally fine with private company pensions, but government and public-employee pensions are indeed a scam. They're used to buy votes and are paid for by future generations, not the people making the promises.

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both are scams; fed govt will inflate money supply, local govt and private sector can declare bankruptcy, save money in ira and roth ira and only up to FDIC limit and of course save money under the mattress