Stan Geiger

Bell, Califonia II

CBS News did a follow-up on the Bell, California story. I loved every second of the video of citizens cussing the City Council up one side and down the other. The sons/daughters-of-bitches earned every little bit of it.

CBS reported the top dog in the mix, the city manager, will get a pension of $880,000 a year---for starters. That's a hundred grand more than he was getting paid while he was "working." The CBS report said, if the fellow in question lives to be 80, he will draw $30 million in pension pay.

I have been arguing for an end to public pensions for some time. My imagination couldn't devise a better case than the real world has just provided.

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