# Federal Pensions cost $70 billion a year

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**Created:** [April 10, 2013, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/federal-pensions-cost-70-billion-a-year/266745 "2013-04-10T10:43:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/federal-pensions-cost-70-billion-a-year/266745/26 "2013-04-17T12:06:53Z")

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> [@craigslist hilarity (cross posted from dubsinthebutt)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/craigslist-hilarity-cross-posted-from-dubsinthebutt/52380/19):
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> Show me a person that doesn’t pay sales tax…

You’re right. Everyone pays some tax at some point in their life. However, would you agree that a person on welfare who goes to the ATM, gets 100 bucks in cash out and goes to buy a pair of sneakers isn’t really adding to the system?

Its sort of like people on unemployment paying income tax.

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