Kate wrote: so you don't see an uncaring image problem with this. interesting.
What image problem? If he got up at some public venue and said something like "I don't give a f*k if I'm making all this money, I hope all the poor people just die" then I would suspect he would have an image problem. But why would he have an image problem doing something legal, not trying to hide anything, getting the benefits he worked a long time for as a public employee. There are all kinds of people who get early retirement plans, and continue to work, and pay taxes, and produce, and are giving worth for pay. I know teachers and professors and other public servants who "double dip" as you call it, and I don't see you whining about that? Hmmm... I see a lot of envy from you.... interesting.
You really don't see an image problem? He's taking in all this money, albeit legally, while others are having trouble putting food on their families and you don't think people might be a little upset?
He has every right to the money, but it projects an image of not caring about others, while taking money from two separate government sources.
Read my comment above your last one... oh my, poor people doing the same thing... image problem.
"Over the last 15 to 20 years, states have been moving to allow full retirement benefits while collecting UI," Wayne Vroman, an Urban Institute economist, said. "The elderly lobby has been reasonably successful in getting rid of offsets." Nearly 20 states have repealed their offsets since 2002, although Virginia reinstated its offset last year because of budget shortfalls.
