Texas congressional members collect state pensions too
So Rick Perry is in good company it seems.
Ten of the 32 members of the Texas delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives also collect pensions from one of the public retirement systems in Texas, according to federal financial disclosure forms. Republican U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison takes one, too.
I think a representative from Public Citizen’s Texas office said it best.
Smith said the principles of pensions are to ensure people have enough to live on when they cannot work anymore, but the law allows some people — like members of Congress — to collect state retirement money while still being paid “fat congressional salaries.”
I agree because when I think of a pension it is usually for someone who has retired for the most part. Sure, there are retirees who take on part-time jobs or what have you, but they’re not like Rick Perry and the the Texas congressional delegation.
