20 years of service and now no pension

[brettdale]

The ugliness of Trump knows no bounds.

[milestogo]

1. I don't think its no pension, its less than a full pension.

But there could be an appeal process.

[NewJeffCT]

8. From what I understood

McCabe will most likely win any lawsuit related to his firing and pension, but McCabe will have to hire lawyers and it will be tied up in the courts for a while. This is like Trump screwing over the little guy contractors that worked on Trump properties.

[Dawson Leery]

2. The future voters are seeing in full force

the Republican Party/Conservative Movement.

[VMA131Marine]

3. It's illegal to fire a Federal employee to deny them their pension

McCabe will successfully appeal this because Trump was stupid and tweeted about how McCabe was racing to retire with his benefits intact.

[Takket]

4. yeah but the "offical" reason is.....

Blah blah blah something about Clinton foundation blah blah blah............ so THAT is the war he has to fight, to show that the reason they gave for firing him is bullshit. Now, the drumpf tweet certain would apply to that, but it will take more.

I think he can win this, but it is no slam dunk.

[Takket]

5. this is supposed to be a reply to post #3

[MichMary]

6. I've read so many conflicting things here

Some are saying that he will be able to draw his pension, but not til he's 60.

OTOH, I just went to his Wiki page, and learned that the school he attended, The Bolles School, sounds pretty exclusive. They want over $10,000 in tuition for pre-K. After graduation (current h. s. tuition at the Bolles School is over $26,000/year) he went to Duke.

He is probably a trust fund baby. I don't think we have to worry about Andrew McCabe being destitute.

[dembotoz]

7. If u don't fight for him , who fights for you

[Raven]

10. It doesn't matter how much money he has,

he earned that pension and you have no idea whether he went the Bolles School or Duke on a scholarship. His financial situation has no bearing on what Trump and his henchmen did and it should put fear in the hearts of every public employee.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Here is the issue

For federal employees, and in his case, he is under FERS, he co-contributes to the FERS base, co-contributes to Social Security, and co-contributes (with an up to 5% agency match) to the TSP (Thrift Savings Plan), which is similar to a 401(k). The FERS benefit offers the bridge from a minimum retirement age until eligible for SS benefits and the TSP provides the supplement to all of that.

What I expect is that they could take away the portion that the government provided for the FERS basic portion and TSP match, but can't take away the SS or any money contributed solely by the employee to the TSP.

Also what will probably happen is that he loses the ability to utilize the FEHB (Federal Employees Health Benefits) in retirement (with employee/government contributions continuing as would occur for an active emplyee), as well as FEGLI (Federal Employees Group Life Insurance) that can be carried over into retirement (funded by the employee but at government rates). Plus he would probably lose any future survivors benefits if he signed up for that.

FERS