State pensions drain taxpayers
The Sunday Business section gave a prime example of why the California budget is such a mess.
In the story “Teacher needs financial education” (Money Makeover, Aug. 24) was a line about the person being advised that as a state employee, she would get a pension of $6,880 a month at the age of 55.
Yikes! We taxpayers are on the hook for over $80,000 a year for someone who can retire at age 55. Let’s hope they don’t vote to increase the pensions or we’ll really be in trouble.
Dennis Burgess
Reseda
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