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Teacher Upset She Can't Retire at 47
Capitol Confidential ^ | 4/20/2012 | Tom Gantert

Posted on 04/26/2012 6:34:54 AM PDT by MichCapCon

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To: MichCapCon

So what’s stopping her? Or does she want the taxpayers to pay for it?


21 posted on 04/26/2012 7:10:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: NonValueAdded

Perfect. And the fact that the article lets this dolt get away with that ridiculous statement is indicative of just how doomed we are.


22 posted on 04/26/2012 7:13:25 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: absolootezer0

She started teaching at 17? 60 - 43 = 17. Is she an inner city math department head?


23 posted on 04/26/2012 7:18:38 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: hal ogen

“Maybe she’ll get hit by a pony?”

Maybe she will be bitten by a pony.


24 posted on 04/26/2012 7:19:48 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: MichCapCon

“If you want to retire if you are 47, apparently teaching is not the place to go,” Owens said. “The least Terri could do is provide a list of places other people could go so they can retire when they are 47.”

Army, Air Force. Navy or Marines. Of course, we do have our standards...


25 posted on 04/26/2012 7:20:51 AM PDT by jagusafr ("Write in Palin and prepare for war...")
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To: momtothree
A moose pony once bit my sister.
26 posted on 04/26/2012 7:24:13 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: MichCapCon
“Wow. They have reached the politicians’ level of entitlement,” Drolet said. “She thinks she is entitled to retire at 47?

I just love this comment.... politicians’ level of entitlement,”

So truthful...

27 posted on 04/26/2012 7:27:11 AM PDT by Popman (America is squandering its wealth on riotous living, war, and welfare.)
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To: momtothree

“Maybe she’ll get hit by a pony?”

Maybe she will be bitten by a pony.

Maybe she will be cr@pped on by a pony.


28 posted on 04/26/2012 7:28:48 AM PDT by Cyman
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To: MichCapCon

Poor poor terri. What a bleeding shame.

and for her 60,000 pension for the next 40 years or so a fund of about $1,500,000 would have to be set aside or the equivalent PV (sure she has no idea what that is) in taxes would have to be paid by people working to support her.

She has no idea what she costs. She sure isn’t worth much though.


29 posted on 04/26/2012 7:34:08 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: MichCapCon
“If you want to retire if you are 47, apparently teaching is not the place to go,” Owens said. “The least Terri could do is provide a list of places other people could go so they can retire when they are 47.”

I think that means, "If you want to retire at 47, start a company that produces something people want and need and manage it well." The problem with that when applied to most of the active teachers (who all insist on being called "educators" for some reason) I know is that not a one of them is capable of starting and running a company or doing much of anything else.

Were it not for tenure, many of the "educators" I know would applying for unemployment benefits.

30 posted on 04/26/2012 7:37:22 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Romney ruined Massachusetts. Now he wants to ruin the nation.)
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To: jagusafr

There are a few other categories. US Foreign Service. Air traffic controllers.

I think that’s about it.


31 posted on 04/26/2012 7:39:24 AM PDT by Poundstone (A recent Federal retiree and proud of it!)
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To: jagusafr

Army, Air Force. Navy or Marines. Of course, we do have our standards
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AMEN!!!!!
But, then again, some people are born to Biatch, others Biatch ALL the time, then you have a combination of both.

My ex wife (43 yrs) has run into a so called ‘problem’ that is made for and designed for people like her.

When going to grandkids baseball games the local area(s) allow Seniors in for free (only a $5 charge but still, free is free).
I normally (jokingly) make a statement like “You aren’t going to charge me are you?” get a laugh and an ‘OF Course not’ and I will quip back - “Well you are welcome for thanking me for my service” and go about my business.

The ex won’t ask or ‘remind’ them that she is pushing 70 - NO she doesn’t look anywhere near 60 - so she gets to gripe that she has to pay etc.

That said, IF ‘they’ were to ‘ASK’ her if she were a SR, the “Well, the nerve of them” comes rolling out.

SO, she has the perfect storm and a built in Biatch at least twice a week.

More than a few of the ‘ticket takers’ have told me that they are subject to ‘verbal abuse’ etc when they ‘assume’ one is a Senior so they tend to let the people inform her, no matter how ‘obvious’....

Oh, one of my responses when I have to point it out is
“You must be running for office to assume I am not 60”.


32 posted on 04/26/2012 7:40:35 AM PDT by xrmusn (#6/98# Let's start from scratch by voting ALL incumbents out.)
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To: MichCapCon
By the time I’m 60, I would have put in 43 years of service

She started teaching at age 17? Or maybe she started working for the school district at that age.

33 posted on 04/26/2012 7:42:17 AM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: momtothree

Maybe she’ll get kicked by a pony. I’ll volunteer.


34 posted on 04/26/2012 7:52:06 AM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: PowderMonkey

Back when I worked in local city government, I had an employee that bragged about being able to retire at 50, with 30 years of service, and he had it all planned out. When his time got short he chose to call in sick 3 days week to burn that accrual bank down and did the same with his vacation bank, so he was generally only “at work” one day a week. This went on for about 4 months and because of the union there was no way to stop it. His days finally ended and he went “laughing” out the door at the rest of us poor working stiffs.
Then reality sat in. Although he was entitled to 60% of his highest 2 year average salary, he failed to understand that for every year prior to 65 they deduct 2% so his retirement went from $27K/year to $18,900. Plus since he also had no medical and he was about 5’5” 300lb with Type 1 diabetes and heart problems it cost him $1,500 month for insurance. So his net pension was $900/ year!
After about 2 years the department was hiring new staff he came in to me and asked if he could come back. I ran him out of my office and told him never darken my door again. Last I heard he is driving long haul trucks…


35 posted on 04/26/2012 7:58:31 AM PDT by shotgun
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To: xrmusn
Army, Air Force. Navy or Marines. Of course, we do have our standards

Can someone retired from the military explain how this works? How many active years do you need to give, before you can retire, and immediately begin receiving your military pension? I think the military has also shifted to more of a self-funded benefits, where the service member contributes a certain portion of their pay into a savings' program. Is that like a 401(k)?

I have a friend who retired from the Naval Reserves after 22 years, with 6 years active duty. I don't believe he can collect any pension until age 62. The amount is based on some formula of active and reserve years, and actual retirement age.

36 posted on 04/26/2012 7:59:21 AM PDT by Lou L (The Senate without a filibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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To: Sequoyah101
a fund of about $1,500,000 would have to be set aside or the equivalent PV (sure she has no idea what that is) in taxes would have to be paid by people working to support her. She has no idea what she costs. She sure isn’t worth much though.

Might be worth it to buy her off and get her the hell out of teaching. Makes you wonder how much damage she does every day with the young skulls full of mush.
37 posted on 04/26/2012 8:00:05 AM PDT by BikerJoe
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To: MichCapCon

Retire at 47? Sure! Ms. List should move to Greece.


38 posted on 04/26/2012 8:05:32 AM PDT by upchuck (Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
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To: crusty old prospector
I am upset that I can’t have a pony.

I am upset that a moose bit my sister.

39 posted on 04/26/2012 8:05:43 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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To: Night Hides Not; King Moonracer

I am upset that I didn’t read the entire thread before posting.


40 posted on 04/26/2012 8:08:53 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (My dream ticket for 2012 is John Galt & Dagny Taggart!)
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