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Yet again, taxpayers (I assume) are writing here to complain about vacation and sick time payouts. The article does not clearly explain that the former chief had accumulated days before the changes were made so he therefore got to cash them out. If you folks don't like the rules, pay attention to contract negotiations and demand changes. I do believe the PD, FIRE, and Teachers most of all need to have changes made for INCOMING personnel to keep the system solvent. If that doesn't happen, the retires will take a haircut when the system fails due to huge pension and healthcare outlays.
However, you cannot change past contracts. This isn't the State of RI, these are private pension systems. The WPD Police I pension is one of the few solvent ones in the state.
FYI, no one gets healthcare for life. At 65, depending on which contract you left under, you go on Medicare. You may have a Blue Cross 'kicker' that pays the difference of what Medicare doesn't cover versus Blue Cross but everyone goes on Medicare.
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