Kansas Silver Hairs speak out on retirement

Delegates to the Kansas Silver Haired Legislature spoke out in forceduring a debate Tuesday over whether to support a resolution in favorof a cost-of-living increase in state employees’ retirement benefits.  Asone former Boeing employee stood in opposition, saying he didn’t thinkthe state employees benefits were the province of the Silver HairedLegislature, there was an immediate resistance.  Membersof the Silver Haired Legislature will convene again at 8 a.m. todaywhen they will take final action on the items discussed Tuesday.  Jim Miller, of Topeka, responded that seniors had tostand as a group in support of better retirement benefits in the faceof current workers who might “resent” having to pay taxes for olderKansans.  “We’re going to be facing an intergenerational warfare,” he said.  BetteFord, of Valley Falls, stood to tell the delegates that she had been astate employee, and in the 20 years since retiring she has had oneincremental increase.  Throughoutthe process, delegates clapped as speakers made points they liked. Theproposal to support the retirement increase eventually was passed.

Source/more:  Topeka Capital Journal, http://cjonline.com/stories/100307/sta_204848259.shtml

Warfare?  Come now!  That’s inflammatory!!