Gov. Jerry Brown will propose sweeping rollbacks to public employee pension benefits in California, including raising the retirement age to 67 for new employees who are not public safety workers and requiring state and local employees to pay more toward their retirement and health care, according to a draft of the plan obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.Color me shocked, but it definitely provides some vindication for the Scott Walkers and John Kasichs of the world.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Gov. Moonbeam sees the light
From an AP article over at Yahoo! Finance:
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Yeah, but Walker was recorded in the phone with Koch saying he would "crush the unions" and admitted in a Congressional hearing that eliminating collective bargaining wouldn't save the state any money. He had no answer as to why a "cost-saving" measure saved zero cost.
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Well, it seems that the facts disagree with you.
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One school district was able to save $1M thanks to the reforms pushed through by Walker.