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Pennsylvania

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)

3. Revenge

Reply to SHRED (Reply #2)

Tue Apr 16, 2019, 11:33 AM

Apr 2019

I tend to agree. Taking away pensions is basically just shifting these people onto other forms of public assistance. And really, it's just about revenge. As long as their pensions aren't directly the result of their crimes, this doesn't really serve the public and it's just about revenge.

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Pennsylvania public employees convicted of sex crimes could lose pensions [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP

Bit of a slippery slope ... if you do this, then why not 'any crime'? (nt) mr_lebowski Apr 2019 #1

Bad idea SHRED Apr 2019 #2

Revenge zipplewrath Apr 2019 #3

Expensive revenge SHRED Apr 2019 #4