Comments on: Proposed MLGW Pension Changes http://www.memphisshelbyinform.com/2012/10/08/proposed-mlgw-pension-changes/ MemphisShelbyInform.com is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501-C-3 to assure that government is completely transparent. Mon, 13 May 2013 23:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve Tapp http://www.memphisshelbyinform.com/2012/10/08/proposed-mlgw-pension-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-814 Steve Tapp Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:36:02 +0000 http://www.memphisshelbyinform.com/?p=2821#comment-814 Good work, Joe. The only thing special *I* see about MLG&W is that its special status protects it from challenges to the personal beliefs of its insiders. You’re exactly right: salaries should be the retention device, not these awful defined-benefits pensions we cannot afford in an era of more expensive medicine causing increased lifespans.

Also, it is nice to see you propose to do away with the inequity of the antique favoritism of married couples over singles. Our economy and society has changed so much in our lifetimes that this quaint form of tyranny of the majority that may now in fact be a minority should no longer be able to improve marrieds’ finances at the expense of singles’ finances.

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