PROBLEM WITH PENSIONS PT 1

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Curriculum Vitae of Joe Cobb
A.B., The University of Chicago, 1966
M.B.A., Graduate School of Business,
University of Chicago, 1977
American Economic Association
National Association of Business Economists
(National Capital Chapter President 1986)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

* Extensive public speaking and writing experience; over 1,200 articles published.

* Served in the White House and U.S. State Dept. during the Reagan Administration.

* Nine years of senior legislative staff experience with the United States Congress managing federal budget, tax law, international trade, and regulatory issues.

* Adjunct Faculty member, Orange Coast College and Concordia University (retired May 2006).

* Seasoned executive with more than 26 years of experience in management:

Business, government, and non-profit foundations.
Supervised professional management teams, from 3 to 8 professionals including accounting, budgeting, auditing, and human resources functions.
Prepared and administered budgets of up to $14 million annually, for government and non-profit organizations as large as 120 employees.
Established computerized office systems and trained staff on software.

THE WHITE HOUSE & U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT

1982 Deputy Director, White House Office of Policy Information
Staff director, responsible for preparation of briefing papers on immediate-news issues for senior White House staff, reporting to Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor Edwin L. Harper; top-secret security clearance.

1982-83 Economic Advisor, U.S. Mission to the O.A.S., U.S. Department of State
Reporting to Ambassador J. William Middendorf, conducted research and prepared reports on U.S. trade policy with Latin America and the international financial situation with particular focus on Latin American debt; participated in preliminary Administration concept-discussions for NAFTA; top-secret security clearance.

U.S. CONGRESS

1992-93 Chief Economist, Republican Policy Committee, U.S. Senate
Reporting to Senator Don Nickles (R-OK), responsible for publications, briefings, reports, and analyses of economic trends, statistics, and policy. Legislative responsibility for Senate floor consideration of bills reported from Senate Budget, Finance, and Banking Committees as well as Senators floor amendments and conference committee reports; secret security clearance.

1990-91 Staff Director, Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Reporting to Senator William V. Roth (R-DE), responsible for management, organization of Committee hearings, editing of research reports, and the preparation of Minority views for Joint Economic Committee 1991 Annual Report; secret security clearance.

1987-90 Senior Economist, Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Detailed to Senator Steve Symms (R-ID) to work with the Senate Finance Committee and Budget Committee on issues of taxation, trade, and fiscal policy; secret security clearance.

1985-87 Senior Economist, Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Reporting to Senator James Abdnor (R-SD), committee staff economist responsible for monetary theory and policy, international capital markets, and banking regulation; secret security clearance.

1983-85 Economist, Banking Committee,
U.S. House of Representatives
Reporting to Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), prepared research papers for use by the Committee, organized hearings, received constituents on behalf of members.

1983-85 Public Law 99-185, Gold Bullion Coin Act of 1985″
Conceived and drafted legislation to authorize the United States Mint to issue legal tender gold bullion coins as a permanent program of the U.S. Treasury. Gold had been prohibited in 1933. Repeal of prohibition met significant initial opposition, but this legislation ultimately won majority support due to my efforts.

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  • @SILENTNATION1 You might want to seek professional help

  • Pensions and health care for all americans do not cost as much money as the Department of Defense (about 650 billion a year now) and unnecessary military invasions of other countries (trillions of dollars) in violation of the constitution of the United States. Did I mention that these wars kill mainly civilians now? Everyone should have enough money to take care of themselves in their old age after working 30-40 years...but it's OK with you if CEO makes millions?

  • @geckster109

    You see the problem is, you jackass. Is you end up getting way way way way way more from a pension after you retire then you ended up paying in. And im sorry you are a little whiny bitch about but, like it or not the pensions are BANKRUPTING cities and states. They are as unsustainable as social security and for the same reasons. It takes too many people to support 1 retire.

  • @geckster109 your right, and do to the non-existence of these services there will be a demand for it allowing entrepreneurs to come in and fulfill the demand more efficiently and more cost effectively than the government ever could. most firefighters are volunteer anyways.

  • @anryth You are right, my job doesnt "produce" anything. As a firefighter, I create nothing tangible. I simply risk my life to save yours. Perhaps we should do away with fire and police, huh? We dont need those services.

  • @geckster109 the point is that government jobs dont actually produce anything and your paycheck comes from tax payers who actually do produce things. getting paid to work simply to create a job isnt really productive, if it was then the government would just hire everyone in the country, oh wait, soviet russia already tried that.

  • Hey assholes, all government workers who are in a pension plan PAY into it throughout their careers. I have been paying into my pension at a rate of 9.125% of my gross salary since I was 23 years old. The average American worker saves less than 3% towards retirement. My pension isnt some "gift", I PAID for it at a very high rate. If you want to point the finger at a "taxpayer burden", look towards all the welfare and handouts for people who DONT WORK! Dont point the finger at hard workers.

  • Libertarians make me hungry for man to man sex.

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