The real pension problem is in the private sector.
Not exact matches
thanks, and yes, a pittance of a
pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any
problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash,
real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small
pension all help to avoid any
real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!
And it doesn't even begin to address the
real problem — the $ 7 trillion funding gap faced by the government's own
pensions.
The faith - group programs, representing Protestant, Catholics, and Jews, have consistently provided documentaries, dramas, and discussions which dealt with issues almost never touched by commercial broadcasting: the economic factors behind nuclear armaments; the issues behind draft evasion (during the Vietnam War); the
real causes of worldwide starvation; and the
problems of people who are ignored almost completely by the media, such as the aging who can not live on their
pensions, unwed mothers, farm workers who have no homes, undocumented aliens whom we wish to employ but not pay, and refugees we are sending back to certain death in their own countries.
Meanwhile, things that could address systemic
problems and save the city and state
real money, including public
pension reform, get shouldered off the road in favor of transient quick fixes like taxes on soda and cigarettes.
They also had a Windfall Tax on Utilities and auctioned 3 - G licences, raided
Pension Funds and played with Fuel Duty... taxes rose quite considerably... it was spending totals they froze causing
real problems in the NHs etc which then exploded after 2001 rather like binge - dieting
The Work and
Pensions Secretary wants to force thousands off ESA but campaigners say the
real problem is the failure of his welfare policies
Moreover, the report's descriptions about teacher
pension plans are wildly out of touch with reality and attempt to paper over
real problems in the public sector.
MEA lost 6.7 percent of its active members in 2015, but the
real problem is its failure to fund obligations to staff
pensions and post-retirement health care.