Anti-government public worker governor makes sure the cost of his pension doesn't go up as other free loading government workers does

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The great thing about being a Republican governor is that when you go after public workers, you can exempt yourself from the pain. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is proposing just that—he's pushing legislation that would make public workers pay more toward their pensions, but the governor, statewide officials, judges, and some legislators would be exempted from it. Jindal's argument is that he and the other officials who wouldn't face higher pension costs already pay a slightly higher percentage of their salaries toward their pensions than do public employees.