Don’t make workers pay for federal tax cuts
As a member of the federal community who served our country for years, I am deeply concerned that my hard-earned benefits will be cut to offset proposed tax policy changes. I ask my representative and senators to oppose such cuts to the federal community. I based my career and retirement planning on long-standing, promised benefit calculations. Any cuts to what I earned break that promise and denigrate the value of public service.
Congress is currently debating reforms to our tax code. Paying for touted middle-class tax relief on the backs of middle-class federal employees and retirees is wrong. My retirement and health benefits were earned through years of hard work — they are not gifts to rescind.
Mike Cornelison
Berea
This story was originally published November 3, 2017 at 6:41 PM with the headline "Don’t make workers pay for federal tax cuts."