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05-13-2018, 04:48 PM #11UnregisteredGuest
Let's be honest, we will all be working a second career after we leave here, there is just no way around it. I came here at 22 in 1992 after '4 in the Corps' and cannot leave because I have children in college. I will not tell them to pay for it themselves because I want them to have better opportunities than I did. It is our responsibility to see to it that our children make out better than us; we should all want that for them.
Anyhow, I am fine working at Home Depot or some other place after I get the hell out of here to make that happen.
Off soap box!
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05-13-2018, 05:33 PM #12UnregisteredGuest
To each his own but stats show that the average retired LEO enjoys about 8 years' worth of pension before passing away. Let's face, the stress of the job is not conducive to long retirements. I don't plan to spend my retirement at Home Depot or G4S making $13/hr to pay for my kids' college. That's what part time jobs, scholarships and student loans are for. I'd rather save enough while on duty to supplement the pension and hopefully make it to collect Social Security too. There comes a time to enjoy life after the job rather than working until you drop dead.
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05-14-2018, 05:34 AM #13UnregisteredGuest
Another option is to not do drop and work 30 or 33 years to get more money from your pension. If the economy keeps booming, there will no excuse for the legislaters to bring back COLA. At least 2 percent.
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05-14-2018, 12:00 PM #14UnregisteredGuest
Newbies already have to work 30 years for traditional, penalty-free retirement (75% of highest 5 years). Feasible for those starting work in their twenties but a stretch for those who started later in life. The pension still sucks without a COLA unless you do not live long after you leave the agency.
The legislature has been ignoring every bill which would restore the 25 year high risk pension and pension COLA. Probably to make the pension less generous and shift newbies into the investment plan, which is already happening.
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05-14-2018, 08:45 PM #15UnregisteredGuest
They can’t ignore it for too long if the economy keeps booming. Our union reps need to get on the ball to get this changed. I undersnd the recession of 2008, but this is unacceptable. Especially if they want to keep teachers, fire fighters and cops in the state of Florida.
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05-16-2018, 10:59 PM #16UnregisteredGuest
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05-18-2018, 04:38 AM #17
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03-19-2020, 10:33 PM #18UnregisteredGuest
Reinstate COLA 2020
Hello, I'm a nurse at JMH. Now is the time to reinstate the FRS Cola. Police, Fire and Nurses should work together and get it done this year. Our Union is www.SEIU1991.org
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03-20-2020, 12:39 AM #19
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03-20-2020, 01:12 AM #20UnregisteredGuest
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