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Originally Posted by fireftr18
To get a disability pension, in my system, it takes at least two doctors and approval from the pension board. This is the normal way of doing it. Those who have cheated the system must have had some excellent coaching.
Many pension systems throughout the US are in financial trouble because the employers failed to pay their share into them for decades. Pensions right now can't afford someone cheating it.
There is a tight brotherhood in police and fire. We do watch each other's backs, do just about anything for each other, etc. Cheating a pension is breaking the trust of the brotherhood. It not only makes us all look bad, but it steals out of our pockets. This is money that is earned by working, not a government giveaway program.
We need to let the courts do what they need to do. If they are guilty, then they need to get the most appropriate consequences allowable.
We need Wernher on this. I'm sure he'll let us know how he feels.
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I wonder what Wernher is up to. I kind of miss his counsel. And poor old Armistead just keeps pining for him.
When you say government giveaway program, are you referring to Social Security? I paid into that my entire working career, so I don't see it as a give away. More like a give it back.
