Below are some suggested points you can make while writing your letter to the editor. If you have any questions about writing a letter to the editor please email us at Info@SecurePERA.org
- Here in Colorado, 9% of our citizens—474,000 people—either today or in the future, will rely on a PERA pension for their retirement. PERA members include teachers, highway workers, department of corrections workers, state patrol officers, as well as other local, special district, and state employees.
- Retirement benefits are funded two ways – 81% comes from employee contributions and PERA’s investment income. Only 19% is paid for by the employers and often, the employer contribution comes out of the same pot of money from which employee raises would have been funded.
- In 2010, PERA provided over $3 billion in benefit payments to more than 93,000 PERA members. (Of that, $2.7 billion goes to Colorado residents.) Retirees spend those benefit payments in every community in our state, representing a steady stream of income for local businesses, as well as tax revenue for all levels of government.
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