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Old 04-28-2010, 11:41 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch View Post
I wonder about the legality of it for prisoners who have paid into the pension and hit retirement age in prison. I mean unless you change their job designation to prisoner and start paying them above the minimum eligible amount they would still be eligible for the pension.

For prisoners like Olson who will probably never get out of prison you can handle them like you handle old agers living in extended care facilities where you direct their pension to their upkeep. But for prisoners who are going to get out and are past their retirement age, you almost have to keep paying them.

I would expect that this will get challenged in court.
I could be mistaken, but I believe it's only talking about cutting off their payments while they're incarcerated.

http://www.taxpayer.com/node/11725
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