why go to college? work for LIRR

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<p>How about early retirement at 50, pension plus disability payments for 93% or more of workers and free golf? According to the NY Times this is all possible.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/nyregion/21lirr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=todayspaper[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/nyregion/21lirr.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=todayspaper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I hope I got this link right.</p>

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<p>I just finished that article- hard to imagine that such abuses of the system exist.</p>

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<p>And being that disability pensions are tax free makes it even a better deal.</p>

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<p>H emailed that article yesterday to D who goes to school on LI and rides the LIRR quite frequently. Who needs school?? Just go to work for the railroad - LOL! What an obvious abuse of the system…</p>

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<p>That’s unbelievable abuse. On top of the obvious cheating, how could it be that one can be disabled for a job they already retired from?</p>

<p>The disability payment system needs to be overhauled more anyway. There are way too many people collecting disability payments who aren’t disabled - just too lazy to work like the rest of us.</p>

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<p>The amount of fraud in disablility/SSI is staggering. Daytime TV is full of ads from lawyers who will help people get the SSI they “deserve”.</p>