Comments on: State to defer $100 million in pension payments

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:32:57 +0000

Looks like the Tier I personnel will again be left to make alot of money and wait it out until they can retire. In this office, they don’t have much to do since the philosophy is why train them for new duties when they are leaving shortly. The State could save alot of money by letting them retire early (if the State doesn’t rehire again that is!)

But this State can find money when there is a need for certain things… this would be one of them! Let’s not add to the unemployment numbers and do something that makes sense!

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:50:36 +0000

Mr. Stein’s wishful thinking aside, this business of deliberately increasing the level of unfunded pensions and related liabilities has GOT to stop – REGARDLESS of whether or not the Executive Branch prefers to balance budgets by cutting rather than raising revenue. Instead of diffusing the ticking time bomb that it is, we’re actually increasing the strength of the bomb.

Henceforth we should refuse to enter into such agreements. If politicians then react to budget shortfalls by cutting program budgets and services then so be it – either public outcry will restore the funding by forcing the raising of revenues, or there will be no such public outcry… in which case maybe the programs that were cut were never really needed or wanted by the public in the first place.

By: Patrick Stein

Patrick Stein — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:01:22 +0000

STATE WORKERS ARE READY TO HELP OUT AGAIN.

E.R.I.P COMING?………Connecticut employee’s have given a very large amount of give backs ,thus doing there part in this crisis. Come this spring open the ERIP to 52-54 year old State employee’s…….Now is the time to Help state government………Do it in one sweep……..
E-MAIL THE GOVERNOR and/or your STATE REPRESENTITIVE ask to OPEN UP THE ERIP AND SAVE CONN. Millions More during this economic crisis.