I understand the issue with loading the last years with overtime to swell the pensions; thankfully that practice has been exposed and will go the way of the dodo. Here in NJ they are also doing away with policies that let gubmint workers amass unused vacation/sick time; people were retiring with six-figure payouts ON TOP OF their pensions (while the municipality also had to pay for their replacement).
These scams that built up momentum during the good times are falling by the wayside as this country comes to grips with the fact that many people will never earn $15 per hour throughout their lives, and will never own homes or produce the successive generations that are needed to keep the scams going. There is literally nothing left to squeeze from an increasing number of Americans.
How about a maximum government pension law for say, $50k?