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mgornick
on Dec 15, 2008
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Advice to programmers: Get a government job
Either that or his few hundred a month pension might buy him a gum ball at the rate the US is printing money.
eru
on Dec 15, 2008
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Aren't government pensions inflation indexed?
kingkongrevenge
on Dec 15, 2008
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The CPI and GDP deflator already dramatically understate inflation. You think they won't do whatever the hell they want with the index when they have little choice financially?
dgabriel
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I bet he's doing better with his government pension than he would be with a 401k right now.
jmtame
on Dec 15, 2008
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Maybe two gumballs if he's lucky.
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