Forget that, pay the whole damn thing. They get paid a salary, buy what they need from that, and stop embezzling public funds for all these benefits. Learn what every small business owner learns - the pain of not being able to deduct health insurance, of having to make tough decisions, and more so, choosing health plans that make economic sense, instead of these gold plated benefits that only raise the cost for every taxpayer.
They want retirement benefits? Buy it as well. Stop stealing the people's money.
"Learn what every small business owner learns - the pain of not being able to deduct health insurance, of having to make tough decisions, and more so, choosing health plans that make economic sense, instead of these gold plated benefits that only raise the cost for every taxpayer."
If mental illness is hereditary, then maybe sanity is infectious. Yell your statement from the rooftops and at least those who hear can't claim ignorance.