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Originally Posted by Wormius
You know the value of his pension right? And you know his net worth? When you keep repeating PP’s mantra about this, how so you reconcile this in your mind? Yeah, that sounds probably a killer pension for you, but for somebody with a lot of assets before even going into politics, it seems a bit puny.
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Let's forget about politics for a moment, rich people love government money. The wealthiest people in the world collect their pensions and rightfully so! There is nothing wrong with collecting a pension you have paid into! Hell I even said let's give it to him.
We aren't talking about total peanuts here pension wise, his total payments could be $1+ million upwards to potentially $2+ million. He has a young wife who could collect a pension even longer based upon actuarial norms.
I know that Sigh is wealth off, good on him! People who think that him collecting a pension isn't factored into his calculations aren't being logical. He holds the cards. If not like he is calling for an election? Why would he not want to collect a pension?
You may think that his pension is puny vs his assets but the question becomes, why does he collect a party leader salary vs local mp? Off the top of my head I think Singh collects approx $70k more and PP collect $100k more than an MP. I don't fault the man but he clearly is interested in getting paid and what is owed to him. Nothing wrong with that!
I have no issues with MP's of all stripes taking the salary, the pension and everything that comes with it. These people earn some of these things when they get elected. Pretending that Singh has zero interest in collecting it is nonsense. Why would he not wait the 60 days or whatever? It's not like he is being headhunted while as an MP for a very very lucrative salary now/today and he is saying no, so he can collect his MP pension.
Forget about what PP has to say for a minute and think, why does an MP who serves only 6 years collect such a large pension when Canadians end up with something that is pathetic? It's not that the rules are different for different MP's, all these PIGS have the same noses and they are getting rich off your's and everybody else's back.
Your trying to argue that if you were offered a 6 year term at your employer, you would say no to a few million in payments for years or that wouldn't factor into your calculations? I assume you would and good on you but Singh wouldn't? Is he really that stupid?