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We can't be paying pensions to the next generation of federal workers when hardly anyone in the private sector gets them.

Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service.

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

A pension is nothing more than deferred compensation.

There are hardly any private sector employees who get both a 401k and a pension. There's just no need that Congress should get both.

Government pensions, built into law and mostly protected from stock market vagaries, are the envy of the private sector.

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

In some cases, managers and employees have secured pensions beyond their original base salary. It is wrong, the people doing it know it's wrong, and we have to put an end to it.

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

The do-it-yourself version of pensions is a flop, as many Americans have painfully learned.