Pension boost won't reach some retirees

These pensions and raises are insane. These educators are crying all of the time. About what? G.E.,G.D.,Crane,Beloit,etc. Verizon,etc. never had these pensions and annual increases plus cola added to their pensions. Unbeleiveable.

No wonder Ma. is in The Red. Let's keep giving more and more to the educators(working and pensioners). It never stops.

The timing is bad but the extra $2.31 a week is long overdue.

So the retired State workers and teachers get a raise and the city and town retirees that are supposed to be under the same chapter 32 law get cheated again. This sounds like discrimination to me. Maybe we should all get a 3% raise every year on our whole pensions like the polititians do instead of on only the first $12,000.00. The Massachusetts Municipal Association which most Cities and Towns belong to is always trying to short-change the retirees and acts more like a union for the municipalities. It should be wiped out entirely.

You realize that these pensions are 100% funded by the employees (11% of pay per paycheck). There are no matching funds from cities or the state. Of course the arguement will be made that educators are paid too much to begin with.
I suppose that the posters above would want teachers to work for free or pretty close to it. After all it is mere baby sitting working with groups of 25-30 teenagers. They all just sit in their seats in breathless anticipation quietly awaiting what the teacher will do next just like a TV episode of Leave it to Beaver on TVLand. Besides, the cost of the Bachelor's Degree and Master's Degree (state requirement although that is being debated) is mere peanuts.
If you believe the above, come on down to jump on the gravy train!!! There are always opennings in inner city middle and high schools especially in math and science. Switch careers, jump on board and get rich!!!!!! It doesn't matter if you are retired. Since it is so fast, cheap, and easy to meet the requirements of teaching anybody can reap the great cash rewards with a career in education in no time.
Seriously, the real problem is that individuals on a fixed income are getting crushed with the increasing expense of fuel costs and all that goes with it (food, gas, heating and the list goes on). Blaming one group of employees that work hard for the greater good is not practical.
The fact is that this "raise" is a drop in the bucket at mere pennies a day. How much of a difference is $120 a year really going to make? Big business and government need to be more proactive in helping ALL retirees but because retirees do not possess the power and influence of many lobby groups they are tragically ignored.
Until our society learns to value the contributions of the generations before these problems will not go away.

Hooray for the educators! Our taxes are going to them when they are working and when they are retired. Nothing but greed. There are other avenues in the systems that are in great need of revenue not just the educators. It's all unbelieveable, Their salaries and pensions.