{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73/events","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73","id":349374676,"node_id":"MDU6SXNzdWUzNDkzNzQ2NzY=","number":73,"title":"Confirm that high values of vet_ben are pensions from generals","user":{"login":"MaxGhenis","id":6076111,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjYwNzYxMTE=","avatar_url":"https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/6076111?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis","html_url":"https://github.com/MaxGhenis","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/MaxGhenis/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"assignees":[],"milestone":null,"comments":15,"created_at":"2018-08-10T04:46:46Z","updated_at":"2018-10-18T22:55:04Z","closed_at":null,"author_association":"NONE","body":"In https://github.com/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/68 I showed that `vet_ben` maxes out at $140k:\r\n![download 1](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/6076111/38586337-36e76538-3cd2-11e8-9d20-90e63c1cf162.png)\r\n\r\n@Amy-Xu said that this is likely compensation and pension, per [this VA site](https://www.va.gov/vetdata/Expenditures.asp).\r\n\r\n@feenberg then said:\r\n> I typed \"pension retired general\" into Google and learned this:\r\n\r\n> A three-star officer with 35 years' experience would get about $169,200 a year, up about $39,000, or 30%. The highest pension, $272,892, is paid to a retired four-star officer with 43 years of service, according to the Pentagon.Feb 3, 2012\r\n\r\n> but before I accepted this explanation I would want to look at the CPS record for evidence the respondent was plausibly a general. That is, high education and older. Also, I would want to know there were not very many such records in the data.\r\n\r\nThis issue is to pursue this investigation."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/comments/431190807","html_url":"https://github.com/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73#issuecomment-431190807","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/open-source-economics/C-TAM/issues/73","id":431190807,"node_id":"MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDQzMTE5MDgwNw==","user":{"login":"martinholmer","id":12170745,"node_id":"MDQ6VXNlcjEyMTcwNzQ1","avatar_url":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/12170745?v=4","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer","html_url":"https://github.com/martinholmer","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/martinholmer/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2018-10-18T22:55:04Z","updated_at":"2018-10-18T22:55:04Z","author_association":"NONE","body":"@Amy-Xu said:\r\n> 1040 line 7 is wage, salaries, tips, etc. I think that's probably somewhat related to e00200.\r\n\r\nExactly, so how do you square that information with your earlier assertion that military disability pensions are not taxable.  If they're in `e00200`, then they are being taxed along with wages.\r\n\r\n"}}
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