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Letter to the Editor: What did our state legislators sacrifice?

Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2017 2:32 PM

(This Letter to the Editor has been submitted by Randy Haugen of Decorah):

"To State Senator Michael Breitbach and State Representative Michael Bergan--We heard what you had to say and the reasons you thought Iowa's laws governing contract negotiations by public employees needed to be changed.  All you did was to take a play out of Scott Walker's and the Koch brothers' playbook and make it worse.

Since a lot of Iowans will sacrifice and make less money, such as teachers, police officers, many state and county workers, students, community college employees and more, can I ask you two what you gave up to sacrifice this state budget crisis that you created?  You work part-time jobs and get a lot of benefits that most people do not.  You get a nice health insurance package, from what I understand.  So what did you to sacrifice?  Can you in good faith and honesty answer this question?"