
Fair
May 16, 2003
Keywords:
Oregon, PERS, public, retirement, employee, benefits, windfall, kicker-
News Item
Nobody complained about the benefits of the Public Employees Retirement Program (PERS) during the boom 90's (when "kicker" tax rebate checks were mailed out to all taxpayers), but now that times are tight, most Oregonians seem all too willing to take those (contractually guaranteed) benefits back.