Thank you ... I hope this discussion continues to gain traction.

This is from consumer reports. Count on at least 80% of what's you are expecting. The other 20% is need to pay CEO's big bonuses. Even the organization that guarantees the pensions is in trouble. With state and fed debt at unmanageable levels I wouldn't be counting on that pension to much. Don't say I didn't warn you. I guess if your like Legend and are happy with $3,200 a month instead of $4,000 that you deserve just sit back and leave it up to your government to take care of it. Or get involved.

If you’re counting on a traditional defined-benefit pension, there’s reason to worry that you might not get everything you’ve earned. About 80 percent of the 29,000 private-sector defined-benefit plans insured by the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. have been underfunded by $740 billion. State and local public employee pensions were recently in a $1 trillion hole.

Instead of beefing up plan assets, many companies have cut benefits. Employers can change their pension rules going forward using a variety of tactics, including tinkering with benefit formulas so that your eventual payout will be reduced, “freezing” the plan to stop further accruals, or terminating an underfunded plan.

“Vested” pension assets—those that legally become your property after a period of time—are generally safe thanks to federal law. But if the plan is terminated, the PBGC, which itself is $26 billion in the red, is required to pay vested benefits only up to a certain amount, which varies by the employee’s age and the year in which the plan is terminated.

Pensions of government workers aren’t covered by the agency but are often protected by state constitutions or laws. Still, 26 states have squeezed benefits for new hires, some other workers, and retirees.

Legend the only people to blame for these high CEO wages is the share holders. If they are stupid enough to allow it they deserve what they get. Again, if I don't buy stocks so it is none of my business what they make. What we should be worried about is the pension plans. Most of them are under water. Although the huge gains recently have helped them out, both private and public pension are in long term trouble. If you have a pension or are going to get one get involved. Research how it's doing and if they are paying CEO's too much pressure who ever runs it to take money out of those companies. Bitching about it will not change anything.

Legend, what Jeff bezos pays his employees is none of my business. It is a private company. It is between him, his share holders and the employees. I always believed employees should be well looked after as they are your biggest asset, I always payed my employees well. If my competitors didn't I got their best employees because they where to greedy. That is how business works. Legend, you need to understand that the only helping hand you are ever going to get is at the end of your arm. It is a tough, mean unfair world out there and it's not going to change. If people like me are taxed too much we leave. I just put a offer on a building out side of my city because our taxes are getting to high. The next county has no business taxes. Perfect example. There is my research.

Why do you Trolls come on this site and post with no reference absolute falsehoods. Gumball you are a fucking idiot. Do 2 seconds of research. You post this stuff and this is what is killing you, the morbidly rich.

http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth-2017-10#bezos-has-mo...

Kend, Do you think that those listed could afford to pay their employees more? Or should they pay as low as they can get away with and keep the money that they cannot possibly spend in a lifetime. They accumulate wealth while the employees barely get by check to check. Greed is a vicious animal. The one with the most at the end does not necessarily win and you cannot take it with you.

So what is it that Gates, Bezos, Buffett, Zuckerberg, and Ellison did to you to make you think you deserve their money. The five wealthiest people in the US, all self made. It just blows my mind to think that anyone would even consider limiting how much wealth a person can accumulate. So would America be a better place if those five packed up their wealth and left the country. Five less horrible billionaires to ruin your country. Of course not so don't over tax them and chase them away just like California and NY are doing and Detroit did.

Confidently expect comment that it can not work or is not feasable

There IS more than one way to communicate. Quit complaining.

A Point to point benign laser communication. (Yes things will fly in the way of these things so they need to be redundant.) The Internet is redundant too.

And improving Li-Fi.

https://www.techworld.com/data/what-is-li-fi-everything-you-need-know-36...

Some of things Castro does like Free Education and Healthcare Contradicts Republican Core Values.

Could anything be less relevant at this point than asking whether the US billionaire's club is good for the country? That question was appropriate in the 1980s. Everything has changed since then.