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	Comments on: LAO&#8217;s cheerfully nutty budget report: Pension crisis? What pension crisis?	</title>
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		By: jennifer hu		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-48312</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jennifer hu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2013 00:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[grossly high pension and exorbitant benefits? 1200.00/mo for 30 yrs of being bitten kicked, spat apone and had feces thrown at me, hum ya grossly high . you dumb ass. you do it.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>grossly high pension and exorbitant benefits? 1200.00/mo for 30 yrs of being bitten kicked, spat apone and had feces thrown at me, hum ya grossly high . you dumb ass. you do it.</p>
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		By: Ted Steele, CEO		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-47467</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Steele, CEO]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-47258&quot;&gt;Tough Love&lt;/a&gt;.

LOL----  Lovey---  Kids and Grandkids here little buddy--- a bunch of them! They&#039;re wonderful!! I hope you&#039;re kids are not quite as cranky as you are !]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-47258">Tough Love</a>.</p>
<p>LOL&#8212;-  Lovey&#8212;  Kids and Grandkids here little buddy&#8212; a bunch of them! They&#8217;re wonderful!! I hope you&#8217;re kids are not quite as cranky as you are !</p>
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		By: Tough Love		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-47258</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tough Love]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46727&quot;&gt;The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit&lt;/a&gt;.

TED,  

Hopefully you never had children. The world would be so better off if your gene-pool ended ASAP.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46727">The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit</a>.</p>
<p>TED,  </p>
<p>Hopefully you never had children. The world would be so better off if your gene-pool ended ASAP.</p>
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		By: The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-47094</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 21:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46923&quot;&gt;John Seiler&lt;/a&gt;.

OK John---an accounting gimmick...well.....sorta like the so called unfunded liability of Calpers?

Oh my.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46923">John Seiler</a>.</p>
<p>OK John&#8212;an accounting gimmick&#8230;well&#8230;..sorta like the so called unfunded liability of Calpers?</p>
<p>Oh my.</p>
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		By: John Seiler		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46923</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Seiler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46920&quot;&gt;Ted Steele, CEO&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s not a surplus. It&#039;s an accounting gimmick.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46920">Ted Steele, CEO</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not a surplus. It&#8217;s an accounting gimmick.</p>
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		By: Ted Steele, CEO		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46920</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ted Steele, CEO]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I guess this huge surplus is a bad thingy?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess this huge surplus is a bad thingy?</p>
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		By: The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46727</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gee thanks toughlovey----  we never knew that the LAO folks were gov workers, wow, ah, thanks. You&#039;re so brainy! Please keep the pithy comments flowing!

Wow!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gee thanks toughlovey&#8212;-  we never knew that the LAO folks were gov workers, wow, ah, thanks. You&#8217;re so brainy! Please keep the pithy comments flowing!</p>
<p>Wow!</p>
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		By: The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46726</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Ted Steele Conceptual Abstraction Unit]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2013 21:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46489&quot;&gt;Tough Love&lt;/a&gt;.

MY pension? What pension is that?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46489">Tough Love</a>.</p>
<p>MY pension? What pension is that?</p>
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		By: Tough Love		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46574</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tough Love]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 17:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46491&quot;&gt;ricky65&lt;/a&gt;.

Taxpayers need to keep in mind that the LAO staff are state employees and participate in these same grossly excessive pension &#038; benefit Plans.

It&#039;s takes a person of rare (VERY high) ethical standards to accept that the APPROPRIATE results of their work might support a material reduction in their own retirement benefits .... and then publish it without toning-down the conclusions.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46491">ricky65</a>.</p>
<p>Taxpayers need to keep in mind that the LAO staff are state employees and participate in these same grossly excessive pension &amp; benefit Plans.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s takes a person of rare (VERY high) ethical standards to accept that the APPROPRIATE results of their work might support a material reduction in their own retirement benefits &#8230;. and then publish it without toning-down the conclusions.</p>
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		By: John Seiler		</title>
		<link>https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46562</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Seiler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 15:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46493&quot;&gt;Ted Steele, CEO&lt;/a&gt;.

I thought so. Which proves it&#039;s not that good.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://calwatchdog.com/2013/11/22/laos-cheerful-budget-report-tantamount-to-civic-arson/#comment-46493">Ted Steele, CEO</a>.</p>
<p>I thought so. Which proves it&#8217;s not that good.</p>
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