Diesel RVs: Re: [diesel_mercedes] Re: They LIED

Brad also knows that the 'retirement' income of many professors includes money paid for their book publishing and their investments in technologies that the invented and patented during their teaching tenure.

He isn't stupid. He's just lying. There is a tiny percentage of teachers at any level who have large retirement incomes. Brad knows that, but he also knows what Rush has told him to say. And obeying Rush is more important than the truth.

I may be in California now, but I grew up in New England and know how teachers are treated there.

Tom

In a message dated 6/11/2012 7:02:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aleph93@ca.rr.com writes:

Brad,

If you're talking about college instructors, then they're known as
professors, not teachers. While many people teach in different ways,
when you say teacher, it usually refers to a K-12 school teacher. While
teachers can retire as early as 55, the percentage of retirement is
quite low, whereas if you work 30 yrs or more, and in your mid-sixties,
you can get a higher percentage of retirement, though your life
expectancy after retiring is shorter. Beating up on teachers seems to be
the thing lately.

I'm hoping that I can drive my MB 300D well into retirement, yet that
will be awhile.

Rob
Garden Grove, CA

On 6/10/12 10:47 PM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: They LIED
> Posted by: "john public"brad_macaboy1234@yahoo.com trenchdiggingone
> Date: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:30 am ((PDT))
>
> My old MB doesn't get great mileage but I like it.
>
> I included civil servants in that statement. There are MANY civil servants (including state college system teachers) in MA that receive in excess of $100k/yr pensions, here. There are several in excess of $200k/yr, actually. I am related to some of these people; they have "retired" at 55 and are working on a second pension. I don't begrudge their good fortune, but I know it can't go on indefinitely. That was point.
>
> If it is such a great system in CA, why did Brown announce a further budgetary shortfall of several BILLION? Why are business moving to Nevada from California? Why did Vallejo declare bankruptcy and what is happening in Stockton? Eventually there are not enough taxpayers to maintain the system.
>
> I have written no untruths here.