Detroit firefighters, cops ineligible for Social Security [via Facebook]
They’re ineligible because they haven’t been paying in Social Security payroll taxes all this time (it’s an opt-in system for state and local government employees). Anyway, I feel bad for the firefighters. Their jobs should not be monopolized by the city government, but they perform a useful service for people who want it. But as far as I’m concerned, if every member of Detroit PD gets a dirty nickel and a punch in the nose for their retirement, that’s a nickel more than they’ve earned.
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