Originally Posted by oldmako

Put another way,

When your career and compensation package has been governed by binding (not so much as we thought) contracts, and when those contracts have contained a pension since the day you were hired, and when you have deferred a significant amount of your annual wage in exchange for later payment ( your pension was NOT a FREEBIE) you have every right to be enraged when the company uses deceit and slight of legal hand to steal your money from you.

At least, that's how it appears to me. Got the GD Tee-shirt.