'put the money toward health and retirement benefits promised to thousands of public workers'  -  this is a joke - right? Retirement Benefits are already out of sight and something needs to be done about cutting the costs to our taxpayers, not put more money TOWARDS them! Of course if you work for the State or County you could argue the point FOR them but reality has to come into play at some point!

Want to do something with the 'surplus' put it towards taking care of the homeless, the Vets, the poor, single parents - help people THAT NEED THE HELP! Come up with a plan to do some good for the community THEN FIRE THE DEMOCRATS!