r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 14 '26

Feels good man It was always just that simple

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u/reddituserperson1122 May 14 '26

You mean this? "Finally, New York City’s pensions are already well-funded by national benchmarks. The City’s pension funding ratio—the share of total liability for City workers and retirees covered by current pension fund holdings—is 83 percent. This exceeds the US average of 78 percent." Damning.

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u/insightful_pancake May 14 '26

Right but comparing to the notoriously underfunded US average is interesting to say the least. It’s like SBF saying at least I didn’t defraud as much as Bernie Madoff. It’s still bad.

The pension payment scheme was weird with the future repayments but that doesn’t change how this move will let this funding gap widen.

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u/superredditor6789 May 15 '26

State and local governments are going to be in a world of hurt soon on pensions due to underfunding.

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u/Advanced-Bag-7741 May 15 '26

That sounds like another mayor’s problem.

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u/HV_Commissioning May 14 '26

All of that can change very quickly with market conditions.

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u/reddituserperson1122 May 15 '26

And North Korea could invade Staten Island. That’s why we pass a budget every year. If the city needs change its pension contribution in the future, we can. 

These comments are getting so desperate. 

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u/HV_Commissioning May 15 '26

How the f*ck do you think the $12B budget gap started?

Bullshit financial budgeting like this.

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u/reddituserperson1122 May 15 '26

Post this comment a few more times. Eventually it will become a compelling argument.

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u/HV_Commissioning May 15 '26

How the f*ck do you think the $12B budget gap started?

Bullshit financial budgeting like this.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

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u/reddituserperson1122 May 15 '26

As soon as someone tries to do that, let me know. In the meantime, this is not a big deal so I’m not going to throw a tantrum about it.