WI State Employee Unions only pay 0.5% of their pensions 5% of healthcare

[ItsTime]

http://www.wtaq.com/blogs/post/jbader/2011/feb/14/cost-public-sector-benefits/

From 2000 to 2009 taxpayers spent about $12.6 billion on public employee pensions, during the same period public employees contributed $55.4 million. (LFB paper 84 Wisconsin Retirement System, Table 28)

In 2001 taxpayers contributed $423 million dollars to state employee health insurance premiums, while in 2011 taxpayers contributed more than $1 billion dollars. In 2011, state employees paid $64 million toward their health insurance, or about 5.6% of the total cost. (ETF Health Care Analysis)

 

[MichelleHeart]

According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, some state workers don't even contribute a single penny's worth to their pensions, instead relying on Wisconsin taxpayers to foot the entire bill.

 

[Humanae Libertas]

Socialism in its entire foundation is greed & selfishness.