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Originally Posted by HomrQT
I'd assume what's stopping them is the law... The government made legally binding promises to those people (rightfully so or not is another discussion). But if the government is allowed to back out on a deal whenever they feel like it, then nothing matters anymore. Even with the impending debt crisis on our hands the government can't just say, "well we know we've been promising this to you for decades, but we didn't budget correctly for it so we're just not going to honor it".
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Agree, unfortunately the state can't just fire everyone. Though that would be the best way around the silly "lifetime protected pension contract" our stupid Constitution has.