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well, even though it's on average 5-6:1 ratio...but when most postings get several hundred (or thousand) applications per position (even if just 1 available)...you've got to find a way to trim a lot of the fat. I'd be seriously willing to bet too that many who apply for these positions don't...

It's the idea not so much of the age, but the experience/time spent there...then the pension % goes up a bit with each year beyond it spent working. 20 I believe is the minimum one can start collecting. Since he started at 19/20 (high school, then 2 years community college) and has been...

it's all in the stars & planets...:D

Exactly. Most states have been borrowing for quite some time now to pay their pensions as is. I'm not saying it'll necessarily go "broke" before his retirement in 10 years, although the way things are going now there is an outside likelihood. It's more likely that retiring at age 40 and...

I got a friend who thinks he can retire at 40 (in about 10 years) after working at a state job for some 20+ total. Good luck when that pension runs out sometime after. He'll be broke and likely back looking for work...or continuing to work because the pension won't pay enough :D

We're already at 2 years. Let's just blow by everything and make it a solid 3 years now...:D

not if "enough" start doing it....then more and more....

Maybe that's the conspiracy part...which would make things even more screwed up then ever though possible :D

I like this though...

100 trillion or bust

indeed. How do you put something out there after people have been making several years of a pension saying that either cuts happen or we can't pay anymore? Delaying the start isn't enough...

Hey if you join the party, great, just get ready to dive out the window to the next one when it gets crashed and is over...:D

who said anything about an employer? :p

They just want money. Now.

Re-reading some of this now that it's popped back up. Who said right now that "education" requires going back to "school" or "college?" Most stuff is right there on the Internet, for little to NOTHING. Sure you may jump into someone's $1-2K course if you wish subject depending, but even...

http://www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=179414,00.html http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=174034,00.html State, well, that will likely vary by the state laws.

^^this. People living in fantasy la-la land. Or the fact that the price is what they owe, can't maybe afford to pay on the mortgage note for the most part, which means good luck with coming up with a balance at close selling for less...can't seller finance...can't take subject-to...house...

well, this is why :p (having been in TV before, these are 2 pretty major satellite channels for stuff) http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=AP&date=20100511&id=11501625 LONDON (AP) - A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control thousands of...

need fresh victims errrrr customers...

Going to be a busy summer in many states as the new FY budgets need to be finalized...