Pat Foerster
Pat Foerster
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The message is out there that if we are not going to be serious about improving the pension system -- a task that no one can do but the Legislature -- then it's going to cause us trouble.
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It's going to go a long way to recognizing the outstanding work done by veteran teachers.
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I'm not sure that we have the data from across the country to show that always works. We've had our issues in the state of Maryland already.
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It's 38 percent of their final average salary, which in the United States today, puts us below Guam.
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We're very encouraged. Our members are speaking out very loudly in huge numbers, they understand what is at stake. This is the year that the state needs to do it.