[Reeses]

The deputies can retire at age 50

And since they can't afford cigarettes anymore they will draw their 90 percent salary for 40 years.

[sam_paine]

I laugh at the whole concept of a "pension."

I'm and engineer, not a part of the magical dotcom boom, and will have neither a vast stock option payout of any kind, nor any traditional pension program. I have to save, and try to protect my investing, and pray a bunch.

My folks talk about how hard it is to buy new cars petween their pensions and soc. security!! Ha!

I will work as an engineer until I am no longer useful to engineering companies and then I will get kicked out on my arse with nary a thank-you and whatever I've managed to save on my own.

It's still a far better deal than communism, tho.