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Rep. Kline's proposed cuts catch pensioners by surprise

Posted on December 11, 2014
Jim Spencer
Star Tribune
December 11, 2014
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Dave Erickson of Isanti, Minn., believed his pension benefits were guaranteed when he contributed a fixed portion of his pay into the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund.

On Wednesday, Erickson learned that those benefits might be cut under a provision that Minnesota Rep. John Kline aims to tack onto the new federal budget bill.

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