On 12/05/2011 12:30 PM, True North wrote:


"*e#c" wrote in message
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On May 12, 10:25 am, Hairy Kraut wrote:
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In article , princecraft51
@gmail.com says...

"I_am_Tosk" wrote in message
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... they have a pig named Bonnie! LOL!!!

You pushed a broom in a govt' protected job... I worked my whole life
too, still do, how about you?

He was a public servant and is now living off of the government teat.

ANYONE...who's " retired" and collecting Canada Pension is " living
off the Government teat". Thats nothing abnormal.

Herrings doing it too. Why arent you calling him down?

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Actually, the CPP only makes up a small fraction of my pension income.
We have a plan at my former employers where we originally both
contributed... but the plan did so well that the 'Corp' gave it's self
an extended holiday from contributing it's share.
For the last ten years of my employment ... only the employees paid
premiums.. the rest came from the earnings on investments.
The pension administrators continually claimed that we had one of the
best performing pensions in the country.
Things went a bit sour when the 'mericans screwed up the world's
finances... but they say we're slowly recovering.
Now we have an agreement to share any surplus.

You still got hosed. In the good years you didn't get the full benefit
of YOUR investment, so in fact ended up subsidizing the company when
they ceased in adding funds to it and new people got on the plan. You
will get less than if you had it in your control.

But if the account was in your name, in your account and under your
control that couldn't happen....

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Take a look at ANY country, more debt is more problems. So why do we
allow our governments more debt? Selfishness, greed, denial, ignorance?