Today’s New York Times carries an article on federal and state tax dollars paying for pensions and disability to retired Long Island Rail Road workers. Some interesting stats from the article: 97 percent of retired LIRR workers in a recent year applied for and received disability payments; one married coupled is sucking down $280,000 per year in taxpayer funds; workers who start relatively young with the railroad can retire at age 50.
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Same story for all the emergency personnel – Firemen, Police you name it. Even Air Force Generals. The generals all are on flight status and get flight pay until they retire on disability. Funny how that goes.