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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm irritated by the fact that my neighbor made over $150K at her Fed job, retired, and now collects 80% of that while pulling in several hundred thousand more as a lobbyist.

I fully support retirement for federal employees but I think this double dipping is unconscionable, particularly as she's drawing on her contacts for profit.

Whew, I feel better![/quote]

Cops do this all the time.  So do military veterans.  Are we trashing them, too, or only the other people who keep the government functioning?  In which I loosely include members of Congress, since "functioning" is a major stretch for them.[/quote]

I'm a former fed, now contractor, although I didn't stay in the gov't long enough to actually retire.  DH is retired military/fed and also now a contractor.  I agree with OP that the double-dipping is frustrating, even though our family currently benefits from it via DH's military retirement pay.

IMO, any federal pension (civilian or military) should not kick in if you are still working for the gov't in any capacity, including as a private sector contractor.  In an ideal world, I'd actually not see that pension kick in until age 65 unless there was a medical/disability component to it such as with our wounded warriors.[/quote]

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