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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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Longevity checks are payments that all classified and unclassified state empolyees receive each year based on the number of years they have been employed by the state. <br />
&nbsp; 1. Payments begin after the 6th year of employment. <br />
&nbsp; 2. The amount of the payment increases every 5 additional years until 30 years of service when it is capped.<br />
&nbsp; 3. Payments after 6 years are $260.00<br />
&nbsp; 4. Payments after 30 years are $1,040.00<br />
&nbsp; 5. These payments are in addition to any COLA or step increases they might receive.<br />
&nbsp; 6. In 2009 there were 40,687 employees eligible to receive these payments.<br />
&nbsp; 7. At the minimum the pay out for 40,687 employees would be over 10 million dollars.<br />
&nbsp; 8. At he maximum the pay out if everyone received the highest amount would be over 42 million dollars.<br />
&nbsp; 9. These payments are based solely on years of service not performance or on the fiscal stability of the state.<br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should state employees continue to receive &quot;Longevity&quot; payments?<br />
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Yes<br />
No<br />
Undecided<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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What should Michigan do about term limits for Michigan State Senators and Representatives?<br />
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38% . . . . . Eliminate term limits<br />
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21% . . . . . Keep the law as it is (6 years maximum in the House and 8 years in the Senate)<br />
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42% . . . . . . Pass proposed legislation allowing for 14 years total in either chamber<br />
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0% . . . . . . . Undecided<br />
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TWO COMMENTS WERE MADE ON THIS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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PHILIP N. BAREHAM wrote:<br />
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WHEN WE STUDY SIMILAR STATES AND LARGER STATES THAN MICHIGAN WE WILL FIND THAT A &quot;PART TIME&quot; LEGISLATURE WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO ! IF WE LOOK CLOSELY AT TEXAS , CALIFORNIA, FLORIDA, INDIANA ETC !<br />
WE CAN FIND WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE !<br />
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Anonymous wrote:<br />
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We should go to a part-time legislature and still keep term limits and CUT their pay by three quarters. Or just go to expenses only! And, they should have to account for the expenses. NO health care, no pensions!!! The voters have spoken. We do not need people like Carl Levin and Debbie Stabyounow in the legislature thinking they are they for life. Our forefathers believed we should have a citizen legislature to serve and then go back in society and live under the laws they imposed.<br />
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