Floyd, you are totally correct that the frequency and premium expense to the State would be a very small drip in the overall scheme of things.  I also agree that any politician who supports the LIO purchase should be canned.

The problem is the precedent set by a bill such as this.  That one or two groups of employees are somehow 'more' deserving than others.  Employees who volunteered to be hired for their job as opposed to being forced to perform it.

Politicians and Lawyers, being who they are, would easily use this to distinction to untold 'other' benefits based on the desires of other special interest pre$$ures.  All of this in a land where everyone was created equal and we are all equal under the law?