Its too bad that you didn't put very much research into this article and decided to base this on ideology instead.  100% of a PERA employer and employee's pay comes from taxpayer money...  They are government employees.  At the state employee level they are underpaid when comparing their total benefit package.  That total benefit package includes the PERA retirement as well as the current benefits and current salaries that they receive.  What you are effectively advocating is not changing a bit of the expense to the taxpayers just where the money is due to the employee.  I don't know that most government employees would mind having their pay accelerated to reciept today rather than leaving it in the uncertain hands of politicians. 

Of course if you want to advocate paying government employees LESS than market wages and stealing their benefits at the same time... then do so just don't try to hide it behind nonsense about the taxpayers being 'stuck' with the bill.