mowotlarx OP t1_j6i0ee4 wrote
Reply to comment by jay5627 in Mayor Adams plows ahead with plan to privatize health benefits for 250,000 NYC municipal retirees by mowotlarx
People forget that even when you have a "good" pension, if your highest salary in city work was only $40k, you're only making a percentage of that upon retirement. That is a very low fixed income. Most city workers don't get that sweet NYPD, FDNY, DSNY overtime they can tack on to retirement. Add an extra $100-200 a month for worse healthcare and fewer doctors and that's enough to really push people over the edge.
Pool_Shark t1_j6ikx1f wrote
Pension + SS is still more than SS alone
mowotlarx OP t1_j6ioxb0 wrote
And it's still not enough to live on and definitely won't be enough 20-30 years from now.
Pool_Shark t1_j6ipe04 wrote
That’s fair. 20-30 years from now everyone is screwed so we’ll need a bigger reform unless then plan is to let older people die homeless on the streets
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