For me this isn't about McCabe's pension

[SHRED]

It's about the willful destruction of our established governmental intuitions. The destruction of large swaths of our Federal Government.
That is the real danger here.

Regarding public pensions:
The Republican Party has worked towards, and in many cases succeeded in, diminishing, lessening, and eliminating public pensions.
A party McCabe claims to be a "lifelong member" of.
No tears from me.

[Skittles]

1. THANK YOU

this fixation with McCabe's pension is ridiculous

[liberal_patriot_md]

2. Agreed.

If he doesn’t have a position outside the government or some book deal lined up I’d be very surprised. He didn’t lose his pension either. He just isn’t eligible for early withdrawal anymore and may not get the law enforcement bonus. He can still draw his pension starting at age 57.

[Skittles]

3. after just 21 years of work

must be nice - and he supports the party that helped get rid of pensions

[bronxiteforever]

9. This + 100000

[DeminPennswoods]

7. It's a matter of fairness

You work hard, follow the rules, put in the time, then the benefits promised when you started are pulled out from under you at the last second. Everyone should be angry about this.

McCabe isn't the first employee to be fired before being eligible to collect a pension, companies have been known to get rid of older employees shortly before they become vested in the company's retirement benefits to save money. Obviously saving money wasn't the motivation with McCabe, but it's the same effect.

[Skittles]

13. he supports a party that is anti-worker

maybe now he will get a clue

and my pension was frozen over a decade ago, (heck, I have worked TWICE as long as McCabe) so please do not lecture me about FAIRNESS

[DeminPennswoods]

14. It's not right to mess with a person's earned pension benefits

The same goes for what happened to you (and presumably many others) and him.

[poboy2]

12. Concur.

[DemocracyMouse]

4. Such salient points! DU has a way of bringing out every angle

(Thanks Shred, Skittles and Liberal Patriot!)

[dembotoz]

5. This might be useful with seniors

[no_hypocrisy]

6. The FBI serves the country, not the President.

Trump wants to reverse that.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Yep. The pension thing only shows what a petty, sadistic, horrific shitbag Trump is.

But, I agree. The real egregious aspect of this is that it's just further diminishing of a law enforcement agency--all in an attempt to keep his own ass out of prison. AND, it diminishes public pensions.

The only reason McCabe seems to be a sympathetic figure here is because of who is screwing him over. He is one of Guilliani's little toadies from the corrupt New York Bureau. This is what you get for helping push that bullshit e-mail scandal on us, you fucking asshole. Lie down with dogs...

[lostnfound]

10. Maybe pension was going to send his kids to college or enable his wife to follow a dream

It affects his family too.

[Skittles]

11. then maybe he should not support the anti-worker repuke party

maybe now he gets how it feels to be treated like garbage