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If you'll notice alot of people hired in lately are older more experienced drivers that have put 20,25 years down in trucking already. You don't think Fedex would consider the fact that older experienced new-hires won't be able to stick around the years it'll take to get that full pension working 25+ years gets you, do you? What guarantee do will have that Fedex pension will even be there when we get those years down? If we're moving to economy hubs and road runs will be changed around due to the freight being serviced differently, how many of those runs lost will come down to drivers having 10+ years already with the company? My answer to the first question first is, if I'm lucky enough for the lord to bless me to live to 65 I'll retire whether I'm broke as hell or not. I can sit here and think about how things will change with Fedex, and with trucking in general in the next 20-25 years, but there's nothing I'd rather do than drive a truck for a living. Much as I'd love to imagine I could start my own business and make great money doing something else, there's really nothing else I'd rather do. Nothing much that I'm very good at. Powerball funding my retirement is pretty slim odds. So I guess it's 25 more years to me. If we're all still here in 25 more years I hate to see what you senile old feckers are posting about then. ;-)
 
I'll retire when I have to start using that thing on the back of some trailers that goes up and down. What's that thing called again?
 
The first chance I see and believe I can live the lifestyle I want. I will either be in the Florida Keys or Virgin Islands.
 
Every week, twice a week, I pick the right six numbers for the powerball. Every week, twice a week, the idiots that run the powerball pick the wrong six. Go figure. I'm not being greedy, I don't need $200,000,000. I'll glady settle for $50,000,000. I'm easy that way. I wrote them a letter, they said I'm an idiot. Given that I keep buying their tickets, despite their inability to get the numbers right...maybe they have a point.
 
silent trucker said:
Every week, twice a week, I pick the right six numbers for the powerball. Every week, twice a week, the idiots that run the powerball pick the wrong six. Go figure. I'm not being greedy, I don't need $200,000,000. I'll glady settle for $50,000,000. I'm easy that way. I wrote them a letter, they said I'm an idiot. Given that I keep buying their tickets, despite their inability to get the numbers right...maybe they have a point.
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Your a funny guy! What? You think I'm funny? Funny how?
 
Current politicians will work tirelessly to make sure you can't retire. They'll reduce your wages, gut SS & Medicare, and tax the working block while handing our money to the zillionaires. Unless you're ready to sell your house and live in a van by the river, make good friends of your dispatcher. You're going to be around for a long, long time. The working class is screwed three ways to Monday, and there's nothing we can do about it.
 
Franklin said:
Current politicians will work tirelessly to make sure you can't retire. They'll reduce your wages, gut SS & Medicare, and tax the working block while handing our money to the zillionaires. Unless you're ready to sell your house and live in a van by the river, make good friends of your dispatcher. You're going to be around for a long, long time. The working class is screwed three ways to Monday, and there's nothing we can do about it.
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I think there are more people who won't work that get our tax money than rich people. We need to tax the poor people at a high rate to make back what they have stolen.
Franklin quit being a party hack get a mind of your own and use it.
 
I was going to retire on August 22, 2011, that would have been my 34th anniversary. Fedex offered me the severance buyout. They wanted to pay me to stay home. It was a tough decision, but I pulled the pin Jan. 27th, 2011. I hope the rest of you are as lucky as I was when its your time to retire. TP
 
Franklin said:
Current politicians will work tirelessly to make sure you can't retire. They'll reduce your wages, gut SS & Medicare, and tax the working block while handing our money to the zillionaires. Unless you're ready to sell your house and live in a van by the river, make good friends of your dispatcher. You're going to be around for a long, long time. The working class is screwed three ways to Monday, and there's nothing we can do about it.
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Capitol Hill is not constrained to the same set of parameters as the people who elected them...thus they don't care how they screw those selfsame people. Until such a time as those who make the laws are subject to them...nothing will change.

Long live the Revolution!!!!

Rat
 
HILLBILLY said:
I think there are more people who won't work that get our tax money than rich people. We need to tax the poor people at a high rate to make back what they have stolen.
Franklin quit being a party hack get a mind of your own and use it.
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Ah, the old "they are poor so they are lazy" argument. Life is so simple.
 
If you guys want to discuss politics, go to that forum. This is a thread about retirement. Don't hijack this one.

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