Bloated government costs taxpayers too much

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Cleveland, Ohio—With at least 80 percent of government costs going salaries and benefits, the result is bloated government that's costing tax payers too much. Issue 2 will require public-sector employees to correct this imbalance by paying a portion of their retirement and health care.

Let’s bottom-line this: The system we have in Ohio is not sustainable – pay, pensions and other benefits have become too costly. If adjustments are not made, taxes will go up or there will be more layoffs in the public sector because the system can’t continue to disburse money that isn’t there. 

Issue 2 says that all public-sector employees would pay at least 15 percent of their overall healthcare plan. Many local government employees currently pay less than nine percent of their health care premium, while the average private sector worker pays upwards of 30 percent. In addition, employees would be required to pay their personal share of a retirement plan—only 10 percent—rather than asking taxpayers to pay that share.

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