Video: Pension Committee chair discusses roll-back in benefits

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Video: Pension Committee chair discusses roll-back in benefits

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Del. Melony Griffith, House chair of the Joint Committee on Pensions, discusses why the roll-back in pensions for state employees and teachers was necessary.

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2 Comments

  1. postman
    postman on April 11, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    She stated that they have been working on fixing the pension system for several years. If that is so, then why have they not considered making any adjustments to the Legislative Plan? Talk about a cadallaic plan for “part-time” employees!!

  2. Meplath
    Meplath on April 11, 2011 at 11:55 am

    Why was she not asked why O’Malley is diverting hundreds of millions of dollars of the extra money employees will pay for their pensions into the General Fund?

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