Not Bad for Government Work

http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2010/03/new-york-firefighter-pension

A New York Fire Department official is retiring at age 63 with a $242,000 a year government pension for the rest of his life, much of it tax-free. Some of it is disability-related, but the on-the-job knee injury isn't so bad that it prevents the guy from regularly playing golf, the New York Post reports. We've been mentioning the point regularly around here that government pay is higher than private sector pay.

Mar 29, 2010 at 11:15 am Related Topics:  New York, Press, Reverse Robin-Hood receive the latest by email: subscribe to the free futureofcapitalism.com mailing list