Here in Florida we have a juicy little story about state employees who retire from their jobs, get a pension, then go right back and get hired by the state again. It is possible for them to eventually draw two or more pensions.
See coverage from
the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times, which found 8,000 state employees who are
double-dipping by drawing a pension while also working full-time for the state. The
Times also ran
a Sunday story about strapped colleges paying double dippers.
There are even some state legislators who are retired state employees, drawing pensions and their legislative salaries, so you can imagine they don't want to do away with double-dipping. In fact, the
Times says there are "more than 200 elected officials and 200
senior managers who have quietly 'retired' and continue working,
sometimes drawing six-figure salaries on top of lucrative pension
payments. Many remain in the same job where they earned their pension."
The Palm Beach Post offers some insight about why double-dipping may not be as bad as taxpayers might think.
Thinking along the lines of "if it is happening here it is happening elsewhere," how widespread is double dipping in your state?
The Boston Herald actually published the names of double-dippers in Boston.
Alabama lawmakers are thinking about outlawing double-dipping.
You also might want to check Gannett New Jersey's Profiting...
