I can tell you that if you told seniors or if you told Federal employees today, as you did, that you can change from 5 to 4 percent, it will protect your core benefit, there will be, quote, no change in current benefit levels, they would think, well, wow, that is a good deal.
Susan Collins: “I can tell you that if you told seniors or if you told Federal employees today, as you did, that you can change from 5…”
On the recordOctober 13, 2009
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Senator Collins critiques misleading assurances about benefit changes for seniors and federal employees.
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