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Old 01-15-2011, 01:07 PM   #60
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by zimmy View Post
The only fair comparison is teachers to other professionals, because that is what we are. .
Fine. All other professionals (lawyers, doctors, accountants, engineers, actuaries) switched from pensions to 401(k)s 20 years ago, because we could no longer pass the cost of pensions on to our customers.

Why do teachers feel justified in FORCING that expense on to their customers (and that's a fair term, because I cannot choose not to pay), when the entire private sector realized 20 years ago that was an unreasonable burden?

Have a lot of fun with that one, pal.
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