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Originally Posted by Boreas
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There is a lot of this going on. I had a friend in Ohio insisting that Trump "stopped Obama" from "stealing" his pension. So, I researched it. His pension was lost due to the bankruptcy and liquidation of the company he retired from. His union, (Teamsters), successfully petitioned PBGC to restore benefits. PBGC agreed to cover part of the pension payments, the union agreed to cover some, the rest is covered by whatever was left of the company fund. IIRC the total came to about 80% of the full monthly amount.
Other than mentioning the loss of pension and obligatory blaming of the president at a rally while in the area, the process had NOTHING WHATSOEVER to do with Trump.
Trump is an opportunist credit grabber and nothing more. The problem is that people are eating it up. I was also recently informed that "The DOW has jumped up over 18,000 since Trump won........".
Looks like we're in for the long haul with this idiocy, John.
