Congress, the Courts, are not going to let Oregon stop critical public services over the PERS mess. PERS *WILL* go bankrupt, likely next year. And, the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. is out of funds right now, and never was designed to cover public pension programs. So, it's up to public employees and their unions. Do they want *any* retirement, or do they want to start talking seriously about cuts that will make it sustainable. And that WILL NOT include raising taxes on individuals or businesses, because they will vote it down or leave if it is somehow imposed.