Why do they say Retired when you never really worked

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by sumitas

it's like why do cops and firemen retire after 20 years...can't they do something the next 10 years in an office instead of hiring more paper pushers ? all these government workers, retirement age should be 60+ not friggin 55 with 80% pay. i agree misterb dude, there's a lot of folks milking others for an early free ride. but stallions ain't one of them sir.

my father was a policeman in d.c. for 20 years. not sure he could have handled it much longer, TONS of stress working the streets up there. some places, yeah, they could do a lot more. but the larger cities, those guys, cops and firemen, go thru hell. overworked, definitely underpaid--most of them can't afford to live in the city they work in. hell, a city near here--the city bus drivers make more than the police.