Jimbobs Political Pension & Health Package.

[toejamflipflop]

I came across this answer someone was giving concerning Jimbob and this is how he must get free medical for his family and a nice extra paycheck for serving in Arkansas Politics at one time. In essence Jimbob does live off the taxpayers if he is getting benefits bestowed upon him for playing politics in the past. No wonder Josh wants a job in politics. All Politicians are essentially collecting Welfare thanks to working class middle Americans.

 

This is the comment someone made and thinking about it it does make sense.

 

"Mr. Duggar is a former politician in Arkansas, so I imagine he got the deal all former politicians get---lifetime health care/pension. Nice scam there! "

 

Does anyone know what the going rate is for pensions of former political public servants in Arkansas is?

[louisa05]

Even Congressmen/Senators do not get lifetime health care or automatic pensions. A federal pension requires five years of service--a representative must be elected to three terms--and pays out according to what the representative or senator paid in during their time in Congress. There are not lifetime health care benefits.

I find it hard to believe that Arkansas would provide lifetime health insurance benefits to former members of their legislature considering that their salary is not even that generous. Here is a site with some numbers--http://ballotpedia.org/Arkansas_state_government_salary

You'll see that in 2010, the salary was just over $15,000 per year.

[toejamflipflop]

Thanks for the info Louisa.

[gustava]

We've been through this a gazillion times on FJ. Not true.