tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post749784474350669322..comments2024-03-26T20:09:19.458-07:00Comments on Oregon PERS Information: Cup of Sorrowmrfearless47http://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-49778835170851494852011-04-11T10:15:48.359-07:002011-04-11T10:15:48.359-07:00Hello,
You end the last paragraph writing ".....Hello,<br />You end the last paragraph writing "...could cost you a couple of percent of your retirement benefit." I thought it would be 7 or 8%.<br /><br />By the way, thank you for this crucial information. I can see it takes a lot of your time and hope you realize how much it is appreciated.<br />JackieJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974530432711239349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-47424258276597024842011-04-10T17:08:39.187-07:002011-04-10T17:08:39.187-07:00Sundog: I suggest you spend some time reading the...Sundog: I suggest you spend some time reading the history of SB 656 and HB 3349. The language of the enrolled bills makes it clear that the Legislature was ambivalent about how these two bills were to apply to all retirees. Also bear in mind that the "source tax" (income tax on monies earned in one state are taxed at the source) was repealed after these bills went into effect. It mrfearless47https://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-74713356622545179422011-04-09T21:05:07.719-07:002011-04-09T21:05:07.719-07:00Sadly, I can partly see why the governor of Wiscon...Sadly, I can partly see why the governor of Wisconsin was so motivated to repeal collective bargaining in his state. Once upon a time the tax subsidy was passed by the Oregon legislature to offset the paying of Oregon state income tax. Now it seems that even those who are “agnostic” to the issue believe that the subsidy is a BENEFIT for those who don’t pay Oregon state income tax. Personally, as Sundoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11455152874746589795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-10002767980473021342011-04-09T15:32:12.356-07:002011-04-09T15:32:12.356-07:00I am having the damndest time responding to a post...I am having the damndest time responding to a post on my OWN blog. Pisses me off. Suffice it to say that when you eliminate most of the outright mean and nasty bills introduced in the original 43, this bill stands out for its unfairness. When it is amongst 43, it doesn't jump off the page and you don't want to oppose every single reform bill that comes along. That damages my mrfearless47https://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-26972509557128741482011-04-08T23:20:05.322-07:002011-04-08T23:20:05.322-07:00Mr F, the French have a word for the sort of backs...Mr F, the French have a word for the sort of backsliding both of us see here: "Poseurs"<br /><br />perspacRivrdoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685083857476811667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-62355703065817134882011-04-08T22:08:27.390-07:002011-04-08T22:08:27.390-07:00You know Mark...I have wondered where you were at ...You know Mark...I have wondered where you were at on 2456 since your "agnostic" statement some time ago. I'm breathing a slight sigh of relief that there may not be another attempt to "do-over" the conditions of my retirement retroactively...now that I am near 70 and can't go back to work and "do over" my decision to retire.TruthSeekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800567590156927199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-19136340154621835792011-04-08T17:34:31.418-07:002011-04-08T17:34:31.418-07:00mrfearless: You had stated in the comment section...mrfearless: You had stated in the comment section of your January 13 post that "I am agnostic on the tax subsidy." But now you seem to characterize its elimination for future retirees as near tragic. Why the change of heart? (Full disclosure: I am an out-of-state retiree who benefits from the subsidy. I happen to think there there is a strong rational basis for eliminating the Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254573971310007083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-58986556277300703882011-04-08T16:58:31.009-07:002011-04-08T16:58:31.009-07:00I joined OPRI a few months ago. I am an active me...I joined OPRI a few months ago. I am an active member who plans to retire in a few years. I am very disappointed in OPRI and even more so in the PERS Coalition. With friends like this...Kolbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14827472213029681136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-84513212927337162342011-04-08T16:36:54.457-07:002011-04-08T16:36:54.457-07:00Dave:
My source for the DOA is someone near the t...Dave:<br /><br />My source for the DOA is someone near the top of the food chain in this discussion. Perhaps new life was breathed into this bill but as of the end of last week I had it from this source that the bill would never get a work session. So, it is my opinion that the bill was either DOA or near death late last week when the schedule was released (perhaps even as recently as Monday).mrfearless47https://www.blogger.com/profile/03454690519716783056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-57903229275151641772011-04-08T16:10:24.499-07:002011-04-08T16:10:24.499-07:00I don't know who informed you that HB 2456 was...I don't know who informed you that HB 2456 was DOA, but, as someone who has been working on this issue since last February, that's just wrong. The bill as introduced has been very much alive. The amendments that OPRI advanced and the PERS Coalition supports are an effort to limit the damage. If HB 2456 were dead, OPRI wouldn't be offering amendments. The fact is that it's very Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210987201558523932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957094.post-39410550767237533242011-04-08T15:13:39.379-07:002011-04-08T15:13:39.379-07:00Having watched the hearings this morning, I'd ...Having watched the hearings this morning, I'd guess that OPRI, who created the proposed amendment, is trying to look helpful instead of standing in opposition to every change proposed for PERS. They may be crossing their fingers that future retirees won't remember that OPRI initiated the revision that put life back into this dead bill.<br /><br />pegMollyNCharliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05820177892587624434noreply@blogger.com