Some quotable pension benefits quotes

From John Curry, June 26, 2010

http://eon.businesswire.com/portal/site/eon/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20100226005800&newsLang=en

“Both the United States and Colorado Constitutions bar reductions in pension benefits once the right to those pension vests. And that is exactly what the legislature did here,” said Stephen M. Pincus, one of the attorneys for the retirees.

“This lawsuit is about the state complying with its own Constitution,” said plaintiff Gary R. Justus, a retired Denver Public Schools math teacher. “The General Assembly is trying to correct its past mistakes on the backs of the retirees. We can’t go back and restart our careers.”