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Most of the public workers I know never fought for the pension boost, and found it rather surprising when it went through (a bit like an unexpected Christmas gift — a Ferrari, perhaps).
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Well then they should certainly have no problem if those phantom promises were scaled back to something that this state can actually afford in this day and age.

If my private employer screwed up with his financial planning, my pay can be cut, my pension can be gone, my 401k match can be dropped and worse I can lose my job (even though my employer and finance sector screwed up, not me.) Why should public sector be any different? World is unfair, get used to it.