Originally posted by WuDrWu
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Retirement benefits are better, too. Teachers in Texas used to be able to retire around 50 (or at the latest 55) with full benefits, but now they don't get full benefits until after 60. Since most people (I'm an exception) draw their social security at age 62, that's not much different. Teachers do get a better pension, but I do think public employees should get a nice pension. When I worked as a regulator, I had to suffer under the incompetence and mismanagement from both political parties. Not only that, when I left the state, I got a 20% raise.
My experience may not be the same as most people's, but in the area I worked in, and given the experience and skillset, I would say my experience was typical. At a certain point, the skillset was a bargain for the taxpayer, so the pension benefits kind of balanced the scales and encouraged those people to stay in the trenches.
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