[CurlyDave]

Let’s see if I have this figured anywhere near right....the public citizen will retire on Soc. Sec. while the public servant gets a fat pension.

You are far too optimistic. The "public servant" gets both a fat pension and Social Security. And, the fat pension is inflation adjusted, which is almost never the case in the private sector.

[morphing libertarian]

Some do and some don’t. 10s of thousands of peace officers in cal don’t come under soc sec