If the state or Feds or unions, whoever it may be, don't have the funds to pay the promised benefits, then their retirees must take cuts. I am not saying we leave them high and dry. But, if the funding isn't there, then no more living in high cotton with the gold-plated health care plan for life. Reduce pension payments and make them go on Medicare (or Obamacare, ugh)!
Definitely do NOT take my tax money and fund their bloated pension plans. It is despicable that Congress is trying to bury this 10 billion dollar (and counting) nugget into their abomination of a bill!
I forgot to mention the ones who retire at age 50, 52, 55. Believe me, there are thousands more of those now than there were two years ago. The recent "layoffs" and early buyouts have bloated the pension rolls. For most of us, if we decide to retire before age 65, health care coverage is a huge concern. I solved that problem by BUYING IT MYSELF! That is what the under-65 union retirees should have to do.