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No easy way to cut CalSTRS benefits | Thoughts on Public Education

No easy way to cut CalSTRS benefits | Thoughts on Public Education

No easy way to cut CalSTRS benefits - by John Fensterwald - Educated Guess

Call it pension envy, matched by frustration over higher pension contributions that taxpayers will eventually be asked to fork over. The clamor for cutting public employees’ pension benefits has grown louder. And that includes calls to change CalSTRS, the pension system serving 856,000 teachers and administrators in California. The Legislature approved bonus benefits in the [...]