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Originally Posted by Heaven
That's fine to consider adding a larger deductible or co-insurance to town employee plans, but to be equitable then the wages/salaries need to be re-evaluated as the "total compensation" for the job needs to mirror private sector. One of the "compensations" to a town employee for accepting 60% "going rate" salary of an equivalent private sector job are the other benefits, including health care and retirement. It is unfair to rape the compensation package of the wheat and leave the chaff. I'm sorry, I mean "reap".
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The problem is the public sector "total package" is often better than the private sector. Why do you think so many never leave their jobs? Much less chance of getting whacked during cutbacks and many positions are unionized so seniority trumps any chance of cutting dead weight.
And when the public employees do get the axe they whine and picket as if their jobs are a native borne right.