Comment: Our legislators and government leaders have a credibility problem with the taxpayers.  Public employee unions, which include those legislators and government leaders, have "negotiated" great salary, health and retirement benefits for themselves.  Unfortunately the taxpayers who are not public employees can't afford the price tag and have no way of securing such a deal for themselves.  Seems like the fox is in charge of the henhouse.  Doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that any additional revenue will go to PERS to make up the shortfall "negotiated" with the unions.  Oregon needs to go to a 401(k) type retirement plan like private industry has been forced to.  Maybe then the taxpayers will have some sliver of hope that Oregon government is here to help them, not suck the life out of them.