Retiree Quotes

You've got an interesting spread of retirees from other places and people who've grown up there and want to stay there. - Kevin Bezner

You're going to see more of these seminars and more of these sales pitches. Wherever retirees are congregated, you're going to have these people preying on them. - James Nelson

You're absolutely right. Contracts can vary. Rates can vary. Pays can vary. ... Only in the area of retiree health benefits has the Legislature spoken. - Matt Giacobbe

You would think that it has a fairly good chance of passing because the actives are the least impacted by it... It's the retirees that are taking the biggest hit. - Richard Block

Wow. For retirees on fixed incomes, that's where the people in that demographic are going to play. They have no other alternative. They're not going to go to Duran and pay $90 per round. They're not going to play at The Majors and pay $55, $60 a round. - Keith Williams

With the influx of retirees, it opens up the opportunity to create shops. - Susan Foy

While we do appreciate you wanting to put clarity around the issues related to retiree benefits, we prefer to address concerns with retirees directly rather than through a third party. - Kimberly Cooper

While the report recommends employee contributions to health care and changes in pension contributions, along with other cost saving actions, it does not generate enough savings to warrant its acceptance. In addition, the report includes a provision which would increase benefits for existing retirees, an action that the courts have confirmed as unlawful. - Jack Brooks

When it comes to the retiree healthcare crisis, public sector employers are facing many of the same challenges that private companies are encountering with the added complexity of the new GASB 45 requirements. SHPS realized that its CDRHP product, which has been well-received by many large, private employers, was a very good solution for public sector employers as well. - Rishabh Mehrotra

When a city goes out and attracts a new factory that will have 100 jobs, it makes headlines in the paper. But the economic impact of those retirees will far and away exceed the economic impact of the industrial development. ... Retirees are really the most effective and efficient type of economic development for many of these little communities. - Gene Warren