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Dear "Not born yesterday",

That is the best question yet! "What employees don't pay a co-pay?" I have been trying to get the answer to that for over 7 months and no one will give me a straight answer. I respect that you have a 20% co-pay AND a deductible because that SIGNIFICANTLY reduces the cost of your health benefits to the 80,000 taxpayers that I have promised to serve. My "Corrente Plan" would offer a similar benefit to ALL retirees on a voluntary basis, and share the savings with the taxpayers AND the retirees.

But let's look at this in a "Not born yesterday" point of view. If we can't improve the current system, it costs the taxpayers nothing. If we do (and I sincerely believe we will) then we could save the people who are paying the tab, the Warwick Taxpayers, a bundle. I compared Warwick with Cranston and spoke with Jim Dillon of the Cranston School Dept. who told me that Warwicks' administrative costs are DOUBLE that of Cranston, He also said that Cranston co-pays are 25%; that their pay cuts were over $5 million and that the percentage of union labor is between 40 and 50 % as opposed to Warwick which is almost 100%. My new friend, I think you and I can agree on 2 things: 1. Warwick NEEDS some sort of pension reform and 2. No Warwick Taxpayer (including you and me) was "Born Yesterday". Great nickname!