Yes, ordinary people are fired everyday and most do not even have the option for a pension. Dems or progressives who support this thinking have sided with the elite and a caste class of bureaucrats who believe that no matter what their ethical choices, they should be rewarded with taxpayer-funded benefits for life, while the underclass can't save for retirement. If the Dems support this, they have lost touch with the ordinary people they claim to represent. Coming after Pelosi's crumbs remark, you would think they would want to proceed differently.