tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post1168750064919404157..comments2024-01-12T07:25:33.861-08:00Comments on Bakersfield Observed: Gov. Jerry Brown caves on meaningful pension reform, but will it hurt the chances of the tax-the-rich Proposition 30 in the November election?RichardBeenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12542559942096218256noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-90422055811107294162012-09-05T18:41:20.080-07:002012-09-05T18:41:20.080-07:00More convenient for Beene to tout the ad at the mo...More convenient for Beene to tout the ad at the movie theater instead of finding out anything about the reality of teacher pensions. (Or pretty much anything else that doesn't involve copying and pasting...or repeating the nonsense from the Abernathy zombies.) Reading the Beene bio, it refers to being on on a Pulitzer-prize winning reporting team. How far he has fallen as a reporter. But ah, the life of the best-paid and laziest blogger in the world! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-28768804442203374602012-08-31T16:19:43.124-07:002012-08-31T16:19:43.124-07:00That ad in the movie is a lie. Teachers pay and pa...That ad in the movie is a lie. Teachers pay and pay and pay for a pension that the Koch Brothers said is "comparable" to a private industry pension, not more generous. From Fix Pensions First: Teachers receive relatively modest pensions and contribute a sizable chunk of their earnings to fund their retirement benefits.<br /> <br />“My reaction was, as we try to attack problems in the pension system, I don’t think it’s going to be helpful to attack CalSTRS (the state teachers’ retirement system) by reducing the benefits package,” said former state Finance Director Mike Genest, one of the authors of the study. “When compared to other public pension systems, it is far less generous.”<br /> <br />The report sought to compare retirement benefits and other compensation of public workers in California with those received in the private sector and by federal government employees.<br /><br />http://www.fixpensionsfirst.com/2011/05/pension-study-teachers-benefits-are-modest/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-78959404283676946842012-08-31T14:08:39.008-07:002012-08-31T14:08:39.008-07:00Politics is the art of the possible. I, too, suppo...Politics is the art of the possible. I, too, supported Gov. Brown's plan as is, but compromises were needed to get enough votes to approve it, and it got rid of spiking and forced all to pay half. Estimated savings $30 billion according to CalPers. Plus raising retirement ages to 67 (57 for cops).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6931942690068259127.post-81502072769361095072012-08-31T14:08:35.899-07:002012-08-31T14:08:35.899-07:00Politics is the art of the possible. I, too, suppo...Politics is the art of the possible. I, too, supported Gov. Brown's plan as is, but compromises were needed to get enough votes to approve it, and it got rid of spiking and forced all to pay half. Estimated savings $30 billion according to CalPers. Plus raising retirement ages to 67 (57 for cops).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com