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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Welfare, Medicaid and Social Services</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/14.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>Re: 2012 House Bill 5547 (Eliminate retired legislator pension COLAs )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286518.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:53:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286518</guid><dc:creator>waltduro</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286518.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=286518</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Snyder and the Republican Caucus conveniently left this little factoid out of previous conversations and legislation. While snatching money from pensioneers, the working&amp;nbsp;poor, and homeowners, Snyder and Company &amp;quot;proved&amp;quot; they were just like the rest of us by sharing the sacrifice - taxing their own pensions. Lets see how far this bill goes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: 2012 House Bill 5547 (Eliminate retired legislator pension COLAs )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286516.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:32:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286516</guid><dc:creator>albaby2</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286516.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=286516</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;4% /year is a pretty healthy increase. Iv&amp;#39;e been retired from a AEP for 16 years and haven&amp;#39;t recieved any annual increase.&amp;nbsp; Using the&amp;nbsp; formula legislators grant themselves, my pension should have increased&amp;nbsp;87% &amp;nbsp;by now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5547 (Eliminate retired legislator pension COLAs )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286515.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:25:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286515</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286515.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=14&amp;PostID=286515</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 19, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5547'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>