The truth is the truth, even if no one believes it.  A lie is a lie, even if everyone believes it.  

There are very few with the ridiculous 6 figures and yes, I agree that is ridiculous.  But the rest of us came on and spent our lives working and taking much less than our counterparts in the private sector.  I am a computer programmer and I could have made far more in the private sector but I chose the promise I was given all those years ago and have counted on.   I will not be rich when I retire, I will get by.  .  Believe me, we are not getting rich.  Perhaps in the past, but that is no longer the case.  Past legislature has already taken care of that.

The budget deficit has many causes; mismanagement of funds, the stock market crash, and lack of reasonable revenue law passage all have contributed.

It's easy to blame PERS for all the problems.