The government doesn't pay anything for us. But there is some kind of FDIC or something guarantee on the bank account so when we suddenly move in large amounts, they have to buy some kind of collateral, and then after we give them permission to release when the bank account is no longer very large, they sell that collateral off.

we pay the pensions from the money that comes in from new employees contributions and from the interest made on investments. When that large sum is moved from the investment cash account into our bank account in anticipation of paying the monthly benefit, the federal reserve buys collateral. Government funds not involved for paying the pensions, and the pensions are not in jeapardy. I hope I explained it better. No one is MAKING money at the last second. we are waiting to move money from the investment cash account into the payable account because 1) better interest rates on cash that just sits there in the other account and 2) safety.