Mr Hodges:     Kindly refrain from putting words in my mouth. If you have data to refute the facts I presented, let's see them.  We are not playing chess, and I am not your dear.
Your question did not address this thread, which started with my letter of May 23rd requesting those not willing to pony up for State government via an income tax, to grow up, and the Senate needing to pay attention to the adults in the State House.
If you want to start a thread on State retirement and Social Security, please do.  Otherwise I must conclude you have no legitimate answer to my points about the Senate's fecklessness and our citizen's lack of patriotism, and are trying to distract us from that fact.