An advisory panel proposed Thursday that lawmakers' annual pension-plan contributions be raised by more than 70 percent over four years and their annual benefits be cut by 30 percent.
The proposal comes on the heels of criticism last year that lawmakers were giving themselves fat pension benefits and state subsidies for their plan, while passing laws to cut pension benefits for the public.
Some lawmakers were also discovered to have made no national pension plan payments for long periods.
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