At least in my career there were lots of things outside of maoney that made the job not only worthwhile but worth staying.

Couple questions about where the various states are.

I know that in WA at least PERS1 is not fully funded; the Leg decided not to make contributions. They used that money to keep taxes low or fund other programs, etc. I think that this situation has gone on in many states and in corporations with large pension bills. The workers/unions are getting blamed for greed. Why is it not the Legislature or Corporate heads who made the twin choices to agree to the costs and then not fund them fault?

That, of course, does not get us out of the current problem.