Gotta love how the RG (and the Oregonian) love to fan the flames.

"Resentment of PERS already runs deep in Oregon because of the system’s effects on taxes and services. It could begin to spread to public employees as an increasing proportion suffer the consequences of tight public finances ..."

Which is exactly what this editorial is intended to do, build resentment.

If you are looking for the primary cause of the issue you need to look no further than the employers who, for years, failed to adequately fund the system.  Now they are crying about lack of resources.  If the current public workers want to blame someone they should blame their employers, not the retired workers who fulfilled their part of the contract.