I suppose they can all look forward to decades in their new lucrative careers
as Wal-Mart greeters.
When the small, beleaguered city of Central Falls, R.I., filed for bankruptcy this month, it sought to cut the pension checks it has been sending its retired police officers, firefighters and other workers by as much as half. All the city promises now is that its retirees, many of whom do not get Social Security, will not have their benefits cut to less than $10,000 a year.
On the bright side, Social Security cuts won't affect them. So there's that.
