European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stabs and stripes sunday March 27,1988 number of double dippers drops group lists officials with pensions by Williamj. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington warning Tibai fed Cral retirement systems Are verging on bankruptcy a taxpayer lobby Bijj re leased a list of government officials who arc doubling up with government or Mil itary pensions and a Federal salary at the same Lime. The National Taipan cars Union list members of Congress who arc receiving military pensions most of them Tor serv ice in the reserves As a tit As retirement income from state and local govern ments amounting Loas much 33159,530 a year. The Stu claims the Lisi of double dippers As it has Long termed he recipients has shrank considerably since i began keeping count More than a decade ago. It used to be triple this size said the Agency s research director Sid Taylor who believes the publicity got too embarrassing Tor the recipients. It s politically dangerous when your lax burdened constituents find out you re sitting in Washington collecting dual compensation. They get a lit tic we think it s strange you can be re tired from one Branch of the Federal government and be a Federal employee at the same Lime said nut spokesman David Keating. What we need is some fiscal leadership in the Congress la gel the budget under control Keating said thai the seemingly out of control pension system could be easily saved through some fairly minor adjust ment in such areas As Cost of living. And Congress could certainly Start by malting adjustments in its own pen Sions. Trie alternative to such Reform keat ing said will be either drastically reduced pension benefits a drastically in creased Federal deficit or increased taxes the nut on wednesday released its latest double dipper list by service Branch. For the army the following reservist were listed with their monthly pension. Rep. Tom Xcvi a d-m., 1627 sen. Robert Dole r-kans., ,1sg sen. Dan Iel Inouye a Hawaii so sen. Strom Thurmond r-4c, ,258i rep. Chalmers Wylie a Ohio j620. In the sen. John Mccain r-arii., who i retired on a combat related disability reported Gross monthly pay of 12,853. The others All were reservists who listed their monthly retire ment income rep. Bill Chappel d-fla., $919 Kep. Henry Hyde k-lll., $642 sen. Robert Stafford re 11,108 and rep. Samuel Straiten . $1.281. In addition to these retirees. Reps James Florio . James Jeffords re. And Floyd Spence r-s.c-. Will become eligible for retired pay at age �0. Retiree from the air Force reserves in Congress were rep. John Hammer Schmidt r-ark., $403 and House speaker James c. Wright a ten. 1558. Retired Marine colonel and astronaut sen. John Glenn a Ohio receives a monthly pension of ,382. In the Marine reserves rep. Jack Brooks d-tex., receives j6s9 in monthly retirement in come while rep. John Murtha. D-pa.,will be eligible to receive retired pay at age 60. Of the retired veterans in Congress Only one. Rep. Charles Bennett. D-fta., returns his entire monthly pension of ,938 to the . Treasury. But Jacobs d-lnd., an sex Marine declines to accept while he is in Public office the disability pension to which he is emitted. And sen. Cliborne Pell . Do. Nates bit entire . Coast guard pen Sion of 19,876 per year to Charity. The following veterans Are listed As receiving pensions from the veterans administration rep. Silvio come r-mass., 5194 rep. Frank Honor. R n.v., $69 sen. Howell Heflin. D-Ala.$128 sen. Spark in Sunaga a Hawaii 1128 sen. John Mel crier. D-mont.1123 rep. Robert Michel Riu. S69 rep. Joe Moakley. D-mass., 169 Ren Robert mrazick d-n.v., j29s rep. Bill Nichols a Ala. J 1,766 rep. Charles Range. D-n.v., j12s rep. D. French Slaughter Rva. $498 rep. Neal Smith. A Iowa 169 and rep. Gerald Solomon r-n.y.i2i8. Because of limit imposed on double dipping by civil service and military regulations Many of the pensioner receive Only a percentage or their , like Thurmond were Gand a thred by the regulations and receive their full pension. Of those members of Congress receiving the largest pensions from non Mili tary retirement systems. Sen. Ahm Cranston d-calif., topped the list with his 159,510 annual pension in a retire member of the California legislature. He was followed closely by sen Drak Levov a Wash. Who collected is 119 from his stale s retirement system. Rep. Beverly Byron ., chairwoman of the House armed Sarrion Man Power and personnel subcommittee in a civics 118,2.17 in widow s benefits an another $2,1101 for a dependent All from a government pension fund. And rep. Lindy Boass p-la., receives $49 j9l"p"year As the widow of rep. The Caius flue bogs whom she replaced in congrow. In1973, giving her the Laic congressman s pension plus her own congressional injun Carolina s Thurmond is listed As a triple dipper Beau in addition Louis annual $13,096 retirement pay from the array he received another $12,
