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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Looks like since 2014 there has been an amazing dollar cost average opportunity.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,572
    edited April 2016
    This really sucks for a lot people
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    oh well... Your fault for trustin us.

    Hiliary2016
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855

    Some retirees and other supporters have rallied behind a bill introduced by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (Vt.) that would repeal the measure allowing the cuts, calling instead for the government to provide assistance to troubled pension funds.

    I get a kick out of the anti-Wall-Street-bailout candidate introducing a bill that would bail out these pension plans.

    The pensions are too big to fail
  • Kaepsknee
    Kaepsknee Member Posts: 14,919
    Obviously the formulas that these funds use to dictate what should be collected and what should be paid out to retirees is out of whack. If they are gonna reduce pension payouts, they should look at increasing the pay-ins from the companies that fund them as well.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,572
    salemcoog said:

    Obviously the formulas that these funds use to dictate what should be collected and what should be paid out to retirees is out of whack. If they are gonna reduce pension payouts, they should look at increasing the pay-ins from the companies that fund them as well.

    But why is Social Security in turmoil?
  • section8
    section8 Member Posts: 1,581
    Just out of curiosity, anyone know how what the typical pay in coming in is?
  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Reading past the headline:

    That imbalance left the fund paying out $3.46 in pension benefits for every $1 it received from employers. The shortfall has resulted in the fund paying out $2 billion more in benefits than it receives in employer contributions each year.