MTG Grabs Her Pension on the Way Out the Door

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

One of my favorite Democratic Socialists, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a politician who has suffered several personal (and near comic) attacks from her colleague in the House, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, commented yesterday of Congresswoman Greene's surprise decision to resign from Congress.  AOC loudly hinted that Greene's decision likely went beyond self-righteous sanctimony and also had to do with the fact that the date Greene announced for her resignation would take effect just after she will become eligible for a government pension.

Marge was initially elected to Congress in November of 2020 and was sworn in on January 3, 2021.  Under the federal retirement system in which she is enrolled, members of Congress are "vested" in the system after five years of service.  "Vested" means that they have qualified to eventually receive a monthly federal retirement check when they reach the age of sixty-two.  The wily congresswoman from Georgia set her resignation date for January 5th, 2026, two days after she reaches that important five-year mark.  

Cool move, Marge.

A retirement for five years of service won't be huge, even based on the bloated salaries of members of Congress, , but at fifty-one, MTG is young by congressional standards and she has plenty of time to milk her fame and bank some more to get her through her golden years.  She also made some very fortunate stock purchases last April, just a day before Trump announced that he was placing a 90-day pause on tariffs, a move that sent stock prices (including the one's Marge had purchased) soaring.

So MTG should be fine in her old age, but that extra check each month for her "retirement" from Congress will be something nice to count on, regardless.

(Note:  Missouri Legislators have to serve three full terms before they can be eligible for a retirement - at two years per term for a state representative, that amounts to six grueling years of seasonal, part-time service.  Oh, the  unfairness and agony of it all!)

Joe Bob and Myrtle Lou work forty years each at their non-union factory jobs and then "retire" on inadequate social security and medicare - and have to keep right on working.  They voted for MTG and people like her, but those people never once voted to make life better for Joe Bob and Myrtle Lou.

Those that have it, keep it - and close the door behind them.