In reply to ReddingSkeptic. I recently looked at some City of Redding salaries on Transparent California, and I admit I was shocked. I've spent 30 years in the private sector as an environmental planner, and I've had some big years, but not $300,000+ per year, year after year, with a retirement approximating that. I kick […]
Having Social Security system is a great idea. Having an entity that can't be fired or replaced run Social Security is proving to be a disaster. Having politicians manage the entity that runs Social Security turns the disaster into catastrophe. ANYONE else would have gone to jail for financial fraud had they run SS the […]
In reply to Coleen Wogoman. The real problem is the number of people who are now signing up which has changed from just retireesFor ~40 years we've enrolled children to claim them as dependents. You're right SS's funding problems aren't new. When Reagan left office, SS's projected insolvency was 2046. When Clinton left, insolvency was […]