Yeah, it's fun to pit other people against each other who just want to avoid poverty in old age. It's fun to bankrupt people in their sixties who have put in a lifetime of hard work and devotion.
Pension reform is necessary. Most of us in the real world have to put in for our OWN retirement.
Get a grip. Do you know anything at all about the CalPers retirement system for public safety officers? Public safety employees can retire at age 50 with 90% pay after 30 years service. That's fifty with a fhe...
The only people facing bankruptcy are the cities and counties who's politicians were greedy enough to make a deal with the devil for police and firefighter union support. The pay off was the heightened exposure to contractual debt. Now they are watching as their general fund obligations for public safety retirement go through the roof and crowds out other needed services.
Spend some time on the issue and then see if you want to lay in with your Little Granny Fieldmouse analogies, 'kay?