It wouldn’t surprise me if they did that. Tax everyone else to pay for the union workers. How about charging the union workers for their own medical and retirement programs?
“Lawmaker Introduces $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout Bill”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2520155/posts
“Unions want to dump pensions on taxpayers”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2487566/posts
...and it will be a lot more than $165B
Reform advocates are spotlighting those with extravagant pensions
— $100,000 or more — as a way to get the public’s attention and
emphasize that the current system is unsustainable.
http://www.modbee.com/editorials/story/803636.html
Perhaps the real reason why public-sector pension costs have not been tackled is that the full bill has never been revealed to taxpayers.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13988606
http://www.pensiontsunami.com/public.php
No, Millie from HR needs her fat retirement checks and zero deductable healtcare that she never paid for.
No, Millie from HR needs her fat retirement checks and zero deductable healtcare that she never paid for.