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PETRUS

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7. Who knows?

Reply to SHRED (Reply #6)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 10:04 AM

Jun 2012

If the poster's intent was to inform, some additional data would have been appropriate. I.e., this gap is over a 30 year time period and represents less than one half of one percent of projected household income.

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Public Pension "reform" [View all] SHRED May 2012 OP

The 'average citizen' probably does realize this, elleng May 2012 #1

And are the same politicians who are foaming at the mouth dana_b May 2012 #2

AND that public employees uniformerly pay in or pay all of their pensions. Unlike CEO's. MichiganVote May 2012 #3

They're also funded mainly by deductions from employees' paychecks, not from public funds. HiPointDem May 2012 #4

Funding gap for state retirement benefits over $1 trillion liza0105 Jun 2012 #5

And your point is? SHRED Jun 2012 #6

Who knows? PETRUS Jun 2012 #7