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Originally Posted by 450slcguy
How bout we start wiping out federal government pension/health retirement benefits?
Lets throw in the Cops, Teachers and Military people too. No more pensions/health benefits. No more 20 and out. Their all union workers, and all paid by Fed/State retirement funds, aren't they?
Let them all get 401k plans, like most of the American public nowadays.
Don't just pick on the UAW people. The Federal/State goverments are just as broke, if not more so.
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Like most states, CT is in a budget crisis. The Gov.(R) wants cuts and the State House (veto-proof D) and Senate (veto-proof D) just can't find anything to cut. One State Rep. (R) interviewed on TV said that state employees have a $3 co-pay on their prescriptions (for generic, $6 for brand) and that might need to be addressed. Of course that will go over like a fart in church since the state employee unions heavily back the (D) elected officials.
$3 freakin' dollars??!!?!? We're at $20 generic/$30 brand and I think that's a reasonable expectation. Same with their health insurance, $10-15 in network copay compared to our $20-30. With 45,000 current employees, who knows how many retired, it doesn't take long for those numbers to add up to significant amounts for reasonable coverage.