These people are retiring in their 50s, and collecting government checks equaling more than most people make every year...For the rest of their lives...
Government is gang raping the American private sector....
Government is gang raping the American private sector...
Complete and utter crap. There is not one Bill Gates or Steve Jobs in the government. Show me on government worker who has 1 billion dollars from their job in government and I will agree with you. Until then forget it. Your turning green with envy.
Unless they land some sort of desk job within the police or fire department, doing their jobs after age 50 is more and more difficult and makes them even more likely to sustain a serious injury. That is especially true for firemen climbing ladders and running around on burning roof tops, but it applies to cops as well.
For the most part, those aren't jobs for old men (or women). Most of the retired firemen I have know have been physically limited to some degree in their retirement because of the injuries they have received over the years. It's a damn tough job. Injuries that you get early in life tend to come back and haunt you in later years.