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To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (391097)	11/3/2010 7:27:50 PM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

You can't impair or break the contracts, and benefit packages are part of the contract. So must stick it out until contract expires. rich The only solution is to freeze state salaries, cut state employment and cut state worker benefits packages. But they won't do it. Now they won't have any choice.

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (391097)	11/3/2010 7:37:27 PM
From: ManyMoose	Respond to of 793957

I'm glad to see the voters saw through that 'soak the rich' scam. In two or three years, it would be soak everybody, and raise the sales tax to boot.

To: Brian Sullivan who wrote (391097)	11/3/2010 8:56:42 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793957

the people of Washington hate taxes, but apparently still like Democrats They reinstated -- yet again -- a measure making it difficult to raise taxes. And they reelected -- yet again -- those making the limitation necessary. Voters seem to feel they can club legislators into doing things right at an acceptable cost. If they're aware of the repetitions of old errors again more apparent throughout Europe, they have no understanding about what's gone wrong, or why. The possibility they're still usurping superior mechanisms is outside their consciousness.