tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post4770300808373366737..comments2024-03-26T20:09:19.458-07:00Comments on Oregon PERS Information: Always Strive and Prospermrfearless47http://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-35210398301512972812016-04-11T16:52:15.182-07:002016-04-11T16:52:15.182-07:00The fuel cost increase will not help roads. It is ...The fuel cost increase will not help roads. It is estimated that SB 324 which is a feel good clean fuels bill will do nothing for Oregon other than raise costs. Fuel prices will increase and fuel companies will use the funds to buy clean air credits. Some legislators hope to overturn the bill next session.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380155959043410489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-60381084982605460702016-04-09T08:16:06.675-07:002016-04-09T08:16:06.675-07:00If gas tax increases actually fix the crumbing roa...If gas tax increases actually fix the crumbing roads, it will be a godsend. My cars' alignment gets trashed running on Oregon roads in and around the Portland area. Roads are dug up multiple times and then patched rather than repaved. It costs me several hundred dollars per year to replace blown tires and realign the front ends of my cars. The 19 cent per gallon tax increase wouldn't mrfearless47https://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-84067063022110633512016-04-09T06:03:48.037-07:002016-04-09T06:03:48.037-07:00If you think it was bad last year just hang on. De...If you think it was bad last year just hang on. Democrats in the Oregon legislature have passed some really bad one sided partisan bills that will increase gasoline costs by an estimated 19c a gallon, electricity costs will increase yearly by 1% to 3%,housing fees and food costs will have additional yearly increases and that is just for starters as next year the same group already has another Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12380155959043410489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-33822135304235437382016-03-30T15:13:17.932-07:002016-03-30T15:13:17.932-07:00Our PERS ODS Health Plan Medigap insurance (was a ...Our PERS ODS Health Plan Medigap insurance (was a real shocker this year. Increased per person from $155.18 to $197.98! (We live in California) That of course translates to a whopping $1,028.38 increase this year. I don't know about the rest of you, but we can't afford increases like this on a regular basis. Meanwhile, our deductibles increase and everything else goes up as well, far Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332596659527419626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-2078431251563425232016-03-30T12:57:09.049-07:002016-03-30T12:57:09.049-07:00This is one of those "boring" (meaning s...This is one of those "boring" (meaning something that requires actual thought) issues that citizens, especially reporters and talk show hosts, should be asking national and state candidates about. It's easily fixable, if there is a will to fix it. We know how to calculate a CPI for those over 60 or 65, so nobody can claim that we just can't figure out how to do it.mpguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307188169871504303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-58734377032992551242016-03-29T12:05:37.258-07:002016-03-29T12:05:37.258-07:00Looking at the chart, one can see how far behind r...Looking at the chart, one can see how far behind retirees are with only a 2% COLA. People retired in 1988, for example, are 25% behind. New retirees have it even worse with essentially only a fixed 1.25% COLA.Gashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168310488025114709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-39904228313858235372016-03-29T11:21:56.220-07:002016-03-29T11:21:56.220-07:00Gary: It isn't quite as simple as that. The ...Gary: It isn't quite as simple as that. The actuaries do a study every other year on purchasing power of the retirees' benefits relative to inflation and the COLAs. The results show that the COLA bank is only an inexact proxy for the disparity between actual living costs (measuring things that retirees tend to buy vs the general population), and so the purchasing power for a 1988 mrfearless47https://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-39163925742322278102016-03-29T11:08:57.613-07:002016-03-29T11:08:57.613-07:00Looking at the chart, one can see how far behind r...Looking at the chart, one can see how far behind retirees are with only a 2% COLA. People retired in 1988, for example, are 25% behind. New retirees have it even worse with essentially only a fixed 1.25% COLA.Gashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168310488025114709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-91063266982165476862016-03-29T10:24:36.338-07:002016-03-29T10:24:36.338-07:00Thanks for the pose Marc. One minor correction: t...Thanks for the pose Marc. One minor correction: the COLA is based on the CPI-U and not the CPI-W. And a good thing for us, since the CPI-W only went up 0.42% in 2015.val4pershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13483652453200065201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-16151563064254750892016-03-28T17:25:56.246-07:002016-03-28T17:25:56.246-07:00You're certainly right about automobile insura...You're certainly right about automobile insurance. Ours went up 10%, with the big jump being in the PIP/uninsured motorist coverage, primarily due to changes embodied in SB411.pgornickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05054933725083632822noreply@blogger.com