Saturday, October 31, 2009

Would you support a law (bill) to limit entitlements?

When they retire or are forced to leave office members of congress get this golden parachute retirement. All their perks are continued at taxpayer expense. I feel that public service jobs should be just that. It should be a privelige to serve your fellow man. I feel it is wrong to keep getting free anything at taxpayers expense
Answer:
But what you're forgetting is that these (mostly) talented, (mostly) smart people could get mega mega bucks working in private industry. Many already take huge paycuts to get into public service, are put under immense public (and personal) scrutiny, lose months of time with their families, and have exceedingly difficult jobs. Why not just make millions in business? Do you know that most congresspeople cannot afford houses in Washington? They have to share small spaces, room together, etc. All while they could be at home with their families.

I don't mean to make this a "poor Congressperson" argument, but being a public servant is not a "fat cat" lifestyle.

We need to encourage good people to remain in public service, because there just isn't a demand anymore. At least one of the ways we can do that is to give public officials good pension benefits (this also ensures that they don't have to run off to the nearest lobbying firm after they're done... although many do.)
Isn't power grand???

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