r/Wildfire • u/smokejumperbro USFS • 14d ago

News (General) Video: Why Wildfire Fighters Are Getting Dangerously Sick

https://www.nytimes.com/video/health/100000010339242/why-wildfire-fighters-are-getting-dangerously-sick.html?smid=url-share
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u/Past-Garlic-519 14d ago

Yep, FS is hoping hoping you die within a year of retirement. It's not a health issue, it's an accounting issue. When you're a perm employee do you think they open an account just for you for when you retire? No it's a PONZI scam. You working today paying into FERS is literally paying for the people who have already retired living happily with their family. The problem is people are living longer, and there's a staffing shortage so the ponzi is collapsing. Hence the manic push for more PSE/PFT. It's not because they care, trust me. I've looked behind the curtain, and you should as well if you still think Ol' Smokey loves and cares about you.