Wisconsin retirees need to contact politicians and "get in their face in Washington" to stop proposed pension cuts, according to a leader of a group campaigning against the cuts.

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Although one of Wisconsin’s largest union pension plans for retired construction workers recently took a step backward, it’s nowhere near having to reduce payouts in order to remain solvent.

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Wisconsin trades representatives expressed support Thursday for a federal proposal to reduce pension benefits to prevent retirement funds from drying up.

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A new law will let companies contribute billions of dollars less to their workers' pensions, raising concerns about weakening the plans that millions of Americans count on for retirement.

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By Matt Pommer As 1979 began, Wisconsin state government‘s projected general-fund surplus was $1.05 billion. That’s a lot of money even today, but a third of a century ago it was huge number. Four months earlier, Lee Dreyfus had upset ...

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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press When Erin McFarlane looks at public workers, she sees lucrative pension benefits she doesn’t ever expect to get. And it makes her mad. “I don’t think that a federal employee or government employee is worth ...

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By Matt Pommer Republicans elected to the state Legislature for the first time this fall are getting an early view of the difficulty ahead in cutting government spending with the state facing a GOP-estimated $3.3 billion budget deficit for 2011-13. ...

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