Remember, this is one side of the debate. There's a lot more to the story than you're reading here, so perhaps you should hold off on the laughter.

I generally agree with the governor, but I also tend to believe that the state has to make good on past obligations -- especially when real people have planned their lives around those obligations. The 55-year-old retiree with fat benefits is a political straw man, but reality is much less clear.