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Should pension payments be increased for retired government workers?

A government pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during the period in which a person is employed by the government. When the government employee retires they are able to receive periodic payments from the fund in order to support themselves. As the birth rate continues to fall and the life expectancy rises governments worldwide are predicting funding shortfalls for pensioners. In the U.S. federal, state and local governments are eligible to receive pensions.

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41%
Yes
59%
No
30%
Yes
54%
No
4%
Yes, adjust them yearly for cost of living
3%
No, not until we decrease our national debt
4%
Yes, but only for low-income pensioners
2%
No, they should be reduced
4%
Yes, for government workers but not for politicians

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 @9WHTPBN from North Carolina  answered…7mos7MO

Yes, but only for pensioners at or below a certain income threshold and not for politicians or executives. Adjust them yearly for inflation.

 @9MVM7K4 from California  answered…12mos12MO

Government employees for the most part pay part of their pensions and take lower salaries than private industry for equal positions.

 @8GC9YC8 from Connecticut  answered…5yrs5Y

pension should be determined by how much money you decide to put into it while you are in the workforce

 @8H4T4RX from Idaho  answered…5yrs5Y

no, retired government workers should be held to the same pension rules and practice that normal people are required to follow.

 @8D9WMQG from Florida  answered…5yrs5Y

No, it should be at the amount which they agreed/negotiated for at time of employment or promotion

 @8D5ZGHK from California  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, for government workers but not politicians, and adjust them yearly for cost of living.

 @B3TQ7TM from New York  answered…2mos2MO

Workers in the middle class and lower income should have pension increases. Politicians should no get in increase.

 @9YLJRX2  from Missouri  answered…6mos6MO

They should be as much as we can afford it to be these americans worker their whole life and drop the age of retirement to 45

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