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Can someone ELI5 why pensions exist for jobs that aren't expected to beat your body in to disability through the course of service? I get it for super physically demanding stuff where injuries are high, like firefighting and infantry but why for postal workers & teachers?

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Jesse Powell

@jespow

Aug 17, 2020

There's good deals and then there's the unconscionable, abusive deal "negotiated" with a toddler who was too naive to understand what he was consenting to. I think it's pretty apparent now which this is so why are we going on with it?

Shabda Raaj

@shabda

Aug 17, 2020

Are you claiming sophisticated people with access to capital are the weaker party in a labour negotiation?

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No, I'm saying that the government rep is the weaker party. These deals were probably negotiated by very savvy, profit-driven union execs. On the other side of the table is some rando from the government with no biz experience, no budget, spending someone else's money.

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Who is accountable to politicians who receive donations from those same union executives