By David Spady via AFP — Retired public employees are among the highest earners in the state of California. That’s because an average full-career retiree receives a retirement income higher than his final salary. In fact, lifetime pension benefits for government workers exceed $1.2 million dollars.

By Steven Greenhut via Watchdog.org | The pension numbers are clear. Despite some good recent returns, California’s pension systems are in a deep hole, the result of a decade of expanding pension promises and underfunding the payment of them. Essentially, any California public-sector worker on the job in the last decade — especially police officers, […]