Here's your homework for today. Look up the "13th Check" or "Variable Supplement Fund" as it is sometimes known and be prepared to bust a gut. Here's one article to get you started! Have fun.

http://thephiladelphiacitizen.com/2015/02/phillys-13th-check/


Okay, here's another. Couldn't resist. NYC police, fire & sanitation get a $12,000 a year bonus. (Yes, those sly sanitation workers glommed on to this because, well after all, they are in uniform too!)

http://www.cbcny.org/cbc-blogs/blogs/christmas-bonuses-uniformed-retirees-weaken-city’s-pension-funds