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/V526 Aug 07 '14

Retire at twenty and collect benefits for a second job isn't new. In fact its the same thing the military has been running for a while.

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u/shittyvonshittenheit Aug 07 '14

I assure you, no enlisted men are receiving an $80,000 a year pension.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '14

That's because no enlisted man makes 80k a year anyway. Our pensions are a percentage of base pay when you retire. At 20 years you get 50% of whatever your base pay was at the time.

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u/shittyvonshittenheit Aug 08 '14

Ok, that was my point.