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GOP Rep. Lesko (R-AZ) announced plans to retire on Tuesday afternoon amid the vote for a new House Speaker. Lesko, a third-term Representative and strong Trump supporter, said Washington DC is “broken” as part of her reason for retiring.
“I have decided not to run for reelection in 2024. I want to spend more time with my husband, my 94-year-old mother, my three children, and my five grandchildren,” she said in a statement. “Spending, on average, three weeks out of every month away from my family, and traveling back and forth to Washington, D.C almost every weekend is difficult. Right now, Washington, D.C. is broken; it is hard to get anything done,” Lesko said.
“High-3 salary” is the highest salary a member made in three consecutive years. For Boehner, that’s the speaker’s salary of $223,500. My back-of-the-envelope calculation comes up with an annual pension for Boehner of about $86,600, depending on how precisely you calculate his service time.
Comment*****ASSume this Lesko character high salary was $200K and she is credited 5 years. This one will get $17,000 annually for life. Not a lot EH? (try that working at Circle K).
This one is probably typical of Pension low end. Up to six figures at the high end ~$150K. Estimate an median payout around $75K and multiply it by tens of millions GOVT EMPLOYEES on pension.
$750Billion dollars per year (not including medical for entire families). This money comes from somewhere? Spending is ~$7T. 10% of Spending goes to "other" into pensions too.
“I have decided not to run for reelection in 2024. I want to spend more time with my husband, my 94-year-old mother, my three children, and my five grandchildren,” she said in a statement. “Spending, on average, three weeks out of every month away from my family, and traveling back and forth to Washington, D.C almost every weekend is difficult. Right now, Washington, D.C. is broken; it is hard to get anything done,” Lesko said.
“High-3 salary” is the highest salary a member made in three consecutive years. For Boehner, that’s the speaker’s salary of $223,500. My back-of-the-envelope calculation comes up with an annual pension for Boehner of about $86,600, depending on how precisely you calculate his service time.
Comment*****ASSume this Lesko character high salary was $200K and she is credited 5 years. This one will get $17,000 annually for life. Not a lot EH? (try that working at Circle K).
This one is probably typical of Pension low end. Up to six figures at the high end ~$150K. Estimate an median payout around $75K and multiply it by tens of millions GOVT EMPLOYEES on pension.
$750Billion dollars per year (not including medical for entire families). This money comes from somewhere? Spending is ~$7T. 10% of Spending goes to "other" into pensions too.
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