FL Teachers, police officers and firefighters upset about Scott's pension plans

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FL Teachers, police officers and firefighters upset about Scott's pension plans
St. Petersburg Times ^ | February 8, 2011 | Tom Marshall, David DeCamp and Craig Pittman

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Megan Allen teaches special-needs students at Cleveland Elementary in Tampa, a tough job under any circumstances. She does it so well that last year she was Florida's Teacher of the Year.

Now Gov. Rick Scott wants to take some of her pay away — a move that teachers, firefighters and other public employees say will hurt education, hamper law enforcement and chase good people away from public employment.

Scott, in the budget he unveiled Monday, called for an overhaul of the state's pension system for teachers, police officers, firefighters and other state and county workers. He wants them to contribute 5 percent of their pay to their retirement accounts, instead of the state covering the entire expense. Most states require at least some employees to contribute toward their retirement.

Allen said it would be fair for Scott to ask teachers to contribute only if they were being paid a salary comparable to what they could earn in the private sector.

The governor predicted that many public employees will complain, but told supporters, "What we have to remember is we're doing this for the sake of our children and grandchildren."


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5% contribution and they are complaining?   
 

GMAFB.   

[240 is Back]

if you're bringing home 2000 a month... what new teachers are lucky to get after health ins and taxes.... suddenly bringing home 1900 a month is kinda a big deal.  And if they don't fight 5%, it'll be 10% next year, let's be honest.

And why did no other gov have to resort to this?  Did Scott cut his own team's salary by 5% too - or is that just for cops and teachers?

I know ten a-holes buying beer and pot with their unemployment money.  they should lose 5% before teachers should...

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if you're bringing home 2000 a month... what new teachers are lucky to get after health ins and taxes.... suddenly bringing home 1900 a month is kinda a big deal.  And if they don't fight 5%, it'll be 10% next year, let's be honest.

And why did no other gov have to resort to this?  Did Scott cut his own team's salary by 5% too - or is that just for cops and teachers?

I know ten a-holes buying beer and pot with their unemployment money.  they should lose 5% before teachers should...

240 - do you know anything about annuities?   The public pension scams are killing everything and these treachers, cops, etc, are really stupid for fighting these things.   No other profession has anything remotrely like this.