Quotes about Pension

I suppose, as a politician, I should be content, for the Canada Pension Plan certainly put my name in Canada's history books, and in italics. Votes: 4

To stabilize the nations public-employee pension systems and to prevent federal taxpayers from being billed for failed pension funds, I have introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act in Congress. Votes: 4

Chase your passion, not your pension. Votes: 3

Pension never inriched young man. [Pension never enriched a young man.] Votes: 3

I have considered the pension list of the republic a roll of honor. Votes: 3

My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money. Votes: 3

Many governments have faced the proposal of One Rank One Pension but no solution has been found yet. Votes: 3

Pension reforms, like investment advice and automatic enrollment, will strengthen the ability of Americans to save and invest for retirement. Votes: 3

Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets. Votes: 3

My dad loves what I do and I support my parents financially because they didn't have a job that gave them a pension. Votes: 3

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country. Votes: 3

To stabilize the nation's public-employee pension systems and to prevent federal taxpayers from being billed for failed pension funds, I have introduced the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act in Congress. Votes: 3

Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now. Votes: 3

I assure the ex servicemen that One Rank One Pension has been accepted in principle but it is in talks. We want to get a solution which is acceptable to all. Discussions have come to the final leg, we hope for a positive result. Votes: 3

The universe is like a pension plan. It will match your investment. Votes: 2

Increased wages, higher pensions, more unemployment insurance, all are of no avail if the purchasing power of money falls faster. Votes: 2

You start a project as a young person and then at the end you are another person. You are ready to go for your pension. Votes: 2

If one man tells you to murder, you get a jail cell - if another man tells you to murder, you get medals and a pension. Votes: 2

A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed. Votes: 2

Aside from the poor example it sets, the federal government enables reckless spending on public-employee pensions by offering hope of assistance from Washington if things get bad enough. Votes: 2

There is nothing inherently fair about equalizing incomes. If the government penalizes you for working harder than somebody else, that is unfair. If you save your money but retire with the same pension as a free-spending neighbor, that is also unfair. Votes: 2

I took a hasty trip to Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and England to talk to the officials of each Government about their pension provisions, and to talk to the responsible ministers in each country about the political "whys" of their legislation. Votes: 2

The whole concept of dividing it up into 'value' and 'growth' strikes me as twaddle. It's convenient for a bunch of pension fund consultants to get fees prattling about and a way for one advisor to distinguish himself from another. But, to me, all intelligent investing is value investing. Votes: 2

Gays have become colossal bores. Once interesting and iconoclastic, all they seem to crave nowadays is the State's pension and seal of approval. They ought to go back to the days of the Stonewall Riots, when the police's violations of privacy and private property were the object of their anger and activism. Votes: 2

Whether lawyer, politician or executive, the American who knows what's good for his career seeks an institutional rather than an individual identity. He becomes the man from NBC or IBM. The institutional imprint furnishes him with pension, meaning, proofs of existence. A man without a company name is a man without a country. Votes: 2

The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life. Votes: 2

There is the general belief that the corporation income tax is a tax on the "rich" and on the "fat cats." But with pension funds owning 30% of American large business-and soon to own 50%-the corporation income tax, in effect, eases the load on those in top income brackets and penalizes the beneficiaries of pension funds. Votes: 2

Faced with such insecurity, labor unions seek a solution in demands for higher wages, shorter hours, pensions, and such things. But this approach takes monopolistic capitalism for granted, and accepts the unnatural division between property and responsibility as permanent. A much more radical solution is apt to come, and this may take either of two forms. Votes: 2

In short, the early receivers of the new money in this market chain of events gain at the expense of those who receive the money toward the end of the chain, and still worse losers are the people (e.g., those on fixed incomes such as annuities, interest, or pensions) who never receive the new money. Votes: 2

A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation. Votes: 1

The NFL pension is the worst in the world of business. It's an embarrassment. Votes: 1

Every penny from 'Gossip Girl,' my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 1

I don't have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension. Votes: 1

We cannot continue. Our pension costs and health care costs for our employees are going to bankrupt this city. Votes: 1

Under Reagan came the idea of putting your pension plan in the stock market, which wasn't a guaranteed pension. Votes: 1

Retirement security is often compared to a three-legged stool supported by Social Security, employer-provided pension funds, and private savings. Votes: 1

A generous basic state pension is the least a civilized society should offer those who have worked hard and saved through their whole lives. Votes: 1

I like eating out. I like buying beautiful paintings and being surrounded by beautiful things. I have to finance that life. I can barely afford a pension scheme because I don't make enough money. Votes: 1

However my parents - both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing quirk that would never pay a mortgage or secure a pension. Votes: 1

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime. Votes: 1

You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous. Votes: 1

To the extent that people overpay as a result of the Libor manipulation, they should be able to get their money back. Individuals who have mortgages, pension funds who had pensioner investments - whoever was ripped off is entitled to get their money back. Votes: 1

Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. Votes: 1

The story of Detroit's bankruptcy was simple enough: Allow capitalism to grow the city, campaign against income inequality, tax the job creators until they flee, increase government spending in order to boost employment, promise generous pension plans to keep people voting for failure. Rinse, wash and repeat. Votes: 1

One state retiree, 49 years old, paid, over the course of his entire career, a total of $124,000 towards his retirement pension and health benefits. What will we pay him? $3.3 million in pension payments over his life and nearly $500,000 for health care benefits - a total of $3.8m on a $120,000 investment. Votes: 1

They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it. Votes: 1

Imagine if the pension funds and endowments that own much of the equity in our financial services companies demanded that those companies revisit the way mortgages were marketed to those without adequate skills to understand the products they were being sold. Management would have to change the way things were done. Votes: 1

Many financial and industrial companies have been bailed out with the public's money, but very few of those who had run those companies have been punished for their failures. Yes, the top managers of those companies have lost their jobs - but with a fat pension and mostly with a handsome severance payment. Votes: 1

But, at the end of the day, we need to represent the taxpayers who have made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies - they don't have a pension - they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits be shredded. Votes: 1

State constitutions typically provide that the state first has to service its debt, then make it pension payments, and then pay for services. What we don't know is whether that order will be enforced. And ultimately, the busted state is going to be looking to the federal government for a bailout. Think Greece, but on a much bigger scale. Votes: 1

I don't know of a Democrat - whether they're a conservative, a centrist or a liberal Democrat - that doesn't think that it's important to have quality jobs that pay decent wages so that families can support themselves, so that they can have the dignity of being able to afford health care, put money aside for pension, buy a home. Votes: 1

Death is an endless retirement with a pension of nothingness. Votes: 0

Death is the next step after the pension-it's perpetual retirement without pay. Votes: 0

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff Votes: 0

Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. Votes: 0

Anyone with a pension or retirement is an investor in the stock market. Votes: 0

Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight. Votes: 0

You're mugging old ladies every bit as much if you pinch their pension fund Votes: 0

[Donald] Trump`s pension for distractions is starting to frustrate members of his own party. Votes: 0

You don't take a job in acting at all expecting 25 years in and a pension. Votes: 0

I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan. Votes: 0

Well British pension funds have not been investing the savings of British people in British infrastructure. Votes: 0

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. Votes: 0

People don't place their trust in government or company pension plans; they have to be self-reliant. Votes: 0

Every penny from Gossip Girl, my pension, my stocks has been spent fighting for my children. Votes: 0

You got your glory and you paid for it all, you take your pension in loneliness and alcohol. Votes: 0

My dad was very worried that I wasn't saving and didn't have a pension. I've never invested well. Votes: 0

Quite truthfully, I have no idea how much the pension is worth because I have never contemplated retiring. Votes: 0

I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long. Votes: 0

Think of your pension and start saving. Like my father, I have been a spendthrift, and I regret that. Votes: 0

I don't invest in the stock market, but I have pension funds - some in America and the UK. Votes: 0

The cost of pension reforms has been perhaps the biggest error committed in the process of modernizing Bolivia's economy. Votes: 0

I believe when hard-working citizens have earned their pension, it's wrong for Washington bureaucrats and politicians to take their pensions away. Votes: 0

Capital formation is shifting from the entrepreneur who invests in the future to the pension trustee who invests in the past. Votes: 0

If I'd proposed solving the pension problem by compulsory euthanasia for every fifth pensioner I'd have got less trouble for it. Votes: 0

In the early 1980s, I burned my Social Security card at the New Orleans Investment Conference in protest of the state pension system. Votes: 0

The normal expectancy of the average investor - for example, the pension funds of AT&T or IBM - is 6% for a long time. Votes: 0

In America, the term younger poet is applied with chivalric liberality. It can be used to describe anyone not yet collecting a Social Security pension. Votes: 0

If President Reagan could be an actor and become president, maybe I could become an actor. I've got a good pension. I can work for cheap. Votes: 0

For women who have children, the economic difficulty of sustaining a life as an artist maybe makes it impossible. There's no maternity leave, there's no pension. Votes: 0

Sometimes, people forget my record of fiscal conservatism on major issues in the state legislature. The greatest example is my voting against the pension borrowing scheme in 1997. Votes: 0

With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules — we're all working harder and longer than we used to. Votes: 0

In 2008, when the real estate market blew up, it principally hurt older people who saw the value of their houses go down, along with their pension plans. Votes: 0

Marriage is like retiring as a bachelor and getting a sexual pension. You don't have to work for the sex any more, but you only get 65% as much. Votes: 0

The most important thing to understand about your pension is it only really counts on the day you put money in and the day you take money out. Votes: 0

I am in favor of reducing all budget items. But the item I don't want to reduce is the pension expenditure because it affects the weakest part of society. Votes: 0

Consumer groups fought hard to provide investor protections for 'special entities' such as pension funds, schools, and municipalities who purchase swaps. No comparable protection exists in the futures market. Votes: 0

Consumer groups fought hard to provide investor protections for special entities such as pension funds, schools, and municipalities who purchase swaps. No comparable protection exists in the futures market. Votes: 0

A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension. Votes: 0

If you've been frugal during your life and tried to save, you're penalised by the tax system. You pay tax on your wages, your savings and even your private pension. Votes: 0

A bubble is only called that after it bursts, after the insiders get out, leaving the pension funds and small investors, Canadians and other naïve investors holding the bag. Votes: 0

... Any pension fund manager who doesn't have the vast majority-and I mean 70% or 80% of his or her portfolio-in passive investments is guilty of malfeasance, nonfeasance or some other kind of bad feasance! Votes: 0

[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension fund that also happens to have an army. Votes: 0

If you don't allow yourself to change from book to book - take chances - it turns into a dullish job with no health benefits or pension plan and only intermittent paychecks. Votes: 0

With me serving as the president, we filed a $3-million lawsuit against the league and its member clubs in an attempt to win increased pension benefits and a larger share Of television revenue. Votes: 0

A lot of people live in a property that will one day be part of their pension, and that is true for me too. I have an investment I can sell with ease. Votes: 0

Unbeknownst to most American investors, significant portions of their public pension, mutual fund, life insurance and private portfolios are comprised of stocks of privately held companies that partner with state sponsors of terror. Votes: 0

The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves. Votes: 0

The economic tsunami has hit all airline employees. With the 2001 terror attacks, airline bankruptcies, pension terminations, loss of pay, changes in work rules - we're all working harder and longer than we used to. Votes: 0

Union leaders argue that pension shortfalls account for a proportionally tiny portion of governments' financial problems, and by all accounts, there are plenty of parties to blame for the growth in payrolls and obligations. Votes: 0

The financial capital is being concentrated by corporations, institutional investors, and even our pension funds, and being reinvested in companies that repeat this process because it provides the highest return on that financial capital. Votes: 0

Trust is about keeping commitments, but in many instances, circumstances change and organizations therefore shed commitments, things such as retiree medical benefits, pension obligations, and even employees without much remorse or maybe even hesitation. Votes: 0

I can guarantee you this, that more pension and benefit reforms which I will consider arbitration reform to be one of them, are things that when they come to my desk, they will be signed. Votes: 0

But the advice was not taken - Johnstone did emigrate to Canada, and did mortgage his pension; and I fear - though I failed to trace his after history - that he suffered in consequence. Votes: 0

National Health? Socialized pension funds? State-controlled television? Search and seizure laws? Forfeiture laws? If we're not living in the Soviet Union of the United States we certainly have returned to 1776 and 'taxation without representation.' Votes: 0