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Working The System
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The fraud investigation into the alleged sham disability claims of Long Island Rail Road retirees are leading to ten more people being charged. The scam is this: You claim a fake injury, retire with a generous pension years before you're otherwise eligible, and you go off to play golf and tennis, ski, do anything you want, even though you told the government you were disabled. This is one of those "everyone else is doing it" things. And the public paid for it. If you think this is an isolated case, you're deluding yourself; public pension plans are a scandal waiting to be discovered. (New York Times)
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