February 2011


General28 Feb 2011 03:27 pm

Apparently Mayor Jean Qunt (pronounced as it’s spelt) disagrees with the actuaries who say that Oakland’s 1976 crop of retirees will live for some time yet.

Now, far be it for me to argue with a Qunt, but I suspect the actuaries are actually fairly good at their task. Yes, it’s amazing that so much money is owed to a set of people who are all in their 70s and above. But, that’s the obligation Oakland undertook.

General22 Feb 2011 04:41 pm

I noticed none of the local bloggers seemed to care about this story in the Chroncle about Oakland’s legacy pension issue.

To refresh your memory, these pensions apply only to workers hired before 1976, so all but one of thousand or so people are just collecting nowadays. So, as usual, the taxpayers are the bagholders for a former liberal scheme.


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