I do not want to pay more taxes,no one does,maybe we could just level the field a little more.
Sorry to not respond to CT.teachers. The post you sent me is for the Ct. state employers Retirement system a system teachers are not part of. I don't know when teachers decided to not join and have their own retirement system but they did.(First sentence under Tier 1) our system is entirely independant of that retirement system.
I do understand that pensions are having a bad effect on state govt's but they also spend money like drunken sailors. I do know that our state employees have either given back or delayed some of their benefits and the state is asking for more. To blame all the problems on state pensions no matter who they are for and how they are funded is just much too simplistic. Again I can only speak for CT. but the size of state gov't and all the bureaucracy that goes with it is a major factor in CT's debt. Layer upon layer of supervisors,spokesmen and nobody really knows what they do or where the money goes.Example Just last month it came to light that the drinking water bill for state legislators was $300,000.Poland Springs laughed all the way to the bank. I don't know where you are from but I'll put up our state buildings against any others. We are the Taj Mahal of state buildings.
This will be my last post for awhile and I know you and I have differences and I don't agree with some of your views but I did enjoy the sparring.