Comments on: Possible Impediment to Pension Improvements http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/ --discussing pensions and benefits of Oak Ridge retired employees Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:50:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Al Brooks http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-199 Al Brooks Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:27:04 +0000 http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-199 Not only Yes but Hell Yes!! Bias against the older retirees has been an explanation for many of DOE pension actions. Further this administration including DOE has openly stated their intent to minimize and eliminate contractor-defined pension plans. I am reminded of the statement of the Indian elder who said, " The white man has made many promises to the Indians but has kept only one. He promised to take away our land and this he has done". I hope we are as smart as the Indians. I know how difficult it is to believe you are betrayed by your government but that is the reality of the DOE contractor pensions. I would welcome an explanation in which I could feel I was being treated equitably. Put it on this blog. More on http://home.comcast.net/~brooks50/InformerIndex.htm Al Brooks Not only Yes but Hell Yes!!

Bias against the older retirees has been an explanation for many of DOE pension actions.

Further this administration including DOE has openly stated their intent to minimize and eliminate contractor-defined pension plans.

I am reminded of the statement of the Indian elder who said, ” The white man has made many promises to the Indians but has kept only one. He promised to take away our land and this he has done”.

I hope we are as smart as the Indians.

I know how difficult it is to believe you are betrayed by your government but that is the reality of the DOE contractor pensions. I would welcome an explanation in which I could feel I was being treated equitably. Put it on this blog.

More on http://home.comcast.net/~brooks50/InformerIndex.htm

Al Brooks

]]> By: admin http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-197 admin Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:48:13 +0000 http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-197 <p>Oh- I forgot to mention how the behavior of the Administration (read Secretary Bodman as the executor to the Administration policy) on this issue makes a joke of the term "compassionate conservatism." There are other names for it.</p> Oh- I forgot to mention how the behavior of the Administration (read Secretary Bodman as the executor to the Administration policy) on this issue makes a joke of the term “compassionate conservatism.” There are other names for it.

]]> By: admin http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-196 admin Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:45:24 +0000 http://blog.corre.info/2008/03/28/possible-impediment-to-pension-improvements/#comment-196 The DOE is getting a free ride on paying costs for the defined benefit plans of new employees of DOE contractors in Tennessee. The reason the DOE and the contractors can do this is that there is a huge surplus in the Multi-contractor pension fund, especially so since DOE and the contractors refuse to grant adjustments to retirees for the ravages of inflation. This represents blatant discrimination by the government and the contractors against Tennesseans. DOE is paying up to 10 percent of salaries per year for pension funds at many other sites annually. How is it fair for DOE to not pay anything for pensions in Tennessee since 1984 and to pay for pensions every year in New Mexico, Illinois, California, New York, and other states? The DOE discriminates against others sites, as well. The government obviously believes in the favored and the unfavored. It is time the Congressmen of the unfavored got together and demanded some changes from the Bush Administration. The DOE is getting a free ride on paying costs for the defined benefit plans of new employees of DOE contractors in Tennessee. The reason the DOE and the contractors can do this is that there is a huge surplus in the Multi-contractor pension fund, especially so since DOE and the contractors refuse to grant adjustments to retirees for the ravages of inflation. This represents blatant discrimination by the government and the contractors against Tennesseans. DOE is paying up to 10 percent of salaries per year for pension funds at many other sites annually. How is it fair for DOE to not pay anything for pensions in Tennessee since 1984 and to pay for pensions every year in New Mexico, Illinois, California, New York, and other states? The DOE discriminates against others sites, as well. The government obviously believes in the favored and the unfavored. It is time the Congressmen of the unfavored got together and demanded some changes from the Bush Administration.

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