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As the number of government workers and teachers gets nearer to 50% it will get more difficult to elect people who will curb this theft of taxpayers’ money. This is but the tip of the iceberg: most government workers get much better fringe benefits than those providing the money.

In Yonkers, more than 100 retired police officers and firefighters are collecting pensions greater than their pay when they were working. One of the youngest, Hugo Tassone, retired at 44 with a base pay of about $74,000 a year. His pension is now $101,333 a year.

…about 3,700 retired public workers in New York are now getting pensions of more than $100,000 a year, exempt from state and local taxes.

NY Times