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Thank you, Mike. Every Rhode Islander needs to know that the Unions are not the enemy. People like Travis Rowley are obstructionist and impede the forward movement of the recovery of this state by promulgating divisiveness. The State Pension system has been plundered and abused for decades by our state legislators, to accommodate special interests and friends. That is NOT their money. It is our money!! We, as state employees, paid into that fund our whole working lives. We watched as special elite groups were given full retirement benefits without ever paying into the system - people who made very large salaries compared to those of us who paid into the system. We watched as the state failed to make their contribution to the system year after year, yet did not hesitate to use this fund as their "piggy bank". We agreed to pay extra money into the fund every 2 weeks so that we could retain our COLA's. It's time for the State to honor their commitment to the members of the State pension system and that includes our teachers!! We paid for our pensions - more than almost any other state worker in every other state in the nation! Mr. Rowley appears dishonest when he picks and chooses what parts of this study he wants to present to the public. Only by disseminating facts and truths, will the people of this state be able to work together to move forward.

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