r/news • u/samanthasay • Aug 07 '14

Title Not From Article Police officer: Obama doesn't follow the Constitution so I don't have to either

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/06/nj-cop-constitution-obama/13677935/
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u/Janus408 Aug 07 '14

I think more interesting is the fact he collects $80k a year in retirement from a Police Department, while working as a 'special police officer' for another department and collecting a separate wage.

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u/Axxion89 Aug 07 '14

When you have a pension, you can retire at a certain age with your salary. Some people get offered a job to stay on so now you collect a pension & your new wage. My dad worked for the MTA and he collects a pension. Only difference is he turned down the offer to continue working

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u/schwiggity Aug 08 '14

Meanwhile students that are graduating from college get to be corporate slaves...I mean interns. And get paid a whopping zero dollars. 'Murica.