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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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37%
Yes
63%
No
26%
Yes
58%
No
4%
Yes, for government workers but not for politicians
3%
No, not until we decrease our national debt
4%
Yes, but only for low-income pensioners
2%
No, they should be reduced
3%
Yes, adjust them yearly for cost of living

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 @9WHTPBN from North Carolina  answered…9mos9MO

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…1yr1Y

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

 @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.

 @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

 @8D9WMQG from Florida  answered…5yrs5Y

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

 @B5WLWNQ from Alabama  answered…3wks3W

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

 @9YLJRX2  from Missouri  answered…8mos8MO

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

 @9YDMLD9 from Texas  answered…8mos8MO

Only if that money of which is used or was given is used up, but give a limit where if exceeded there funding for retirement is only to the amount that is needed to live

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