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I don't believe I am the only username who has tried to defend congress for trying to save our pension but I appreciate that you recognize my original thinking. Thanks you! I read your lengthy posts and I disagree with most of what you say.
Do you have a problem comprehending what you quote? I said
You are the only username, on any union forum that I have read, who has tried to defend this backroom last minute attack on retiree's pensions
Union haters have posted before you on other TB forums their approval of the way this bill was passed. But they are probably jealous because their companies don't provide them with pensions. So don't flatter yourself on being an original thinker............What specifically do you disagree with in my lengthy posts? Go right ahead and type away.
You seem to advocate that all congressional bills be stand alone bills. That is a little naive in my book. America is a big country with over 350 million people living in it and having each bill debated and voted on separately would take too much time. Consider how long it took the Teamsters and ABF to negotiate our contract.
Are you for real or what? I'm not advocating any such thing. But an act of Congress that takes away 40 years of ERISA protection and can affect 1.5 million retirees should warrant the same stand alone action as these other bills. It only took me 5 minutes to pull these less important stand alone bills from the first page of bills passed by Congress in 2013. There are many more like if you care to research them..............Cutting retiree's pensions should be given at least the same consideration by the full congress as renaming public building or fishing holes.
HR-1071 To specify the size of the precious-metal blanks that will be used in the production of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins.
S-1614 "Accuracy for Adoptees Act"
A bill to require Certificates of Citizenship and other Federal documents to reflect name and date of birth determinations made by a State court and for other purposes.
S-982 "Freedom to Fish Act"
A bill to prohibit the Corps of Engineers from taking certain actions to establish a restricted area prohibiting public access to waters downstream of a dam, and for other purposes.
HR-1092 To designate the air route traffic control center located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the "Patricia Clark Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center".
HR-2611 To designate the headquarters building of the Coast Guard on the campus located at 2701 Martin Luther King, Jr., Avenue Southeast in the District of Columbia as the "Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building", and for other purposes.
S-459 "Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary Modification Act"
A bill to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and for other purposes.
HR-3302 To name the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Bay Pines, Florida, as the "C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center".
HR-185 To designate the United States courthouse located at 101 East Pecan Street in Sherman, Texas, as the "Paul Brown United States Courthouse".
HR-2251To designate the United States courthouse and Federal building located at 118 South Mill Street, in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as the "Edward J. Devitt United States Courthouse and Federal Building".
HR-2319 "Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013"
To clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994.
HR-667 To redesignate the Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.
S-230 A bill to authorize the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.
http://www.congress-summary.com/C-113th-Congress/Laws_Passed_113th_Congress_Seq.html
Crystal, I am interested in knowing how long before a multi-billion dollar fund goes broke should we start to worry about when to fix it? In your opinion?
Are you trying to be a smart ass with that question? The House Committee on Education and the Work Force has been working on the MEPF issue for at least 3 years now. CSPF is projected to fail in 10 to 20 years if nothing is done. There was no urgent reason for The Kline-Miller Amendment to be added at the last minute to a critical bill needed to keep the government from shutting down. A complex issue of this much importance should have been presented to congress to be debated and voted on as a stand alone bill. That is the opinion of many members of congress...........Unlike you I don't claim to be an original thinker. I'm just a fair minded reader of the facts.
