CA: Governor touts plans to reform state pension system

San Diego Union -Tribune ^ | 2/10/05

[doctor noe]

Agreed. However, the pension issue can be handled rather expeditiously and has widespread voter support. I'd prefer we cripple the unions first, then we can move on to tackling the far bigger issue of illegal immigration...it will be a long, hard fight.

[footballbat]

If we didn't spend so much freakin money in this state educating, medicating and generally donating to illegal aliens there would be no pension issue.

Oh, by the way I'm a state employee who does a job 90% of the folks in this state wouldn't have the intestinal fortitude to do - Corrections.

[footballbat]

Here Here!!!

If the goverator would spend half as much time and money trying to curb the illegal immigration issue as he does trying to take away my pension this state would be fiscally fixed almost over night.

The guy makes me ashamed to call myself a republican.

Mike

[doctor noe]

You have nothing to worry about. Pension reform will only affect new hires after 2007. Since the politicians don't have the "intestinal fortitude" to cut spending elsewhere, then the voters will mandate the end of CA's ridiculously unaffordable pensions. Talk about driving a stake through the heart of the employees' unions!