[Gay State Conservative]

My Dad worked for 40 years for a famous company that was driven out of business a few years ago by technology.As a result,his pension was turned over to the Federal agency that insures pensions (can't recall its name).As a result he lost about a third of his pension.You could say he took a pretty good “haircut”.I'd have *no* problem whatsoever with *every* government retiree in the nation (except for Armed Forces retirees) taking a pension “haircut” at *least* as big as my Dad's.

[MSF BU]

I am a military pensioner and I’d have no problem with a five or ten percent haircut or a multi-year COLA freeze if it was accompanied by the significant elimination of programs that the states can handle. Examples would be Energy, Education, the EPA, etc. The list is long.