Letters: Reforms to SC Retirement System must continue

The bill that Gov. Henry McMaster just signed to enact phase one of pension reform resulted from several months of meetings by a bipartisan committee from the House and the Senate.

Midlands Sens. Darrell Jackson, John Scott and Vincent Sheheen deserve thanks and credit for their hard work on this panel. They also deserve thanks and credit for their commitment not to stop here but to move on to phase two of pension reform — the transition to a modern form of retirement security for state employees.

Phase two is intended to give state employees more control over their retirement plans and greatly reduce the burden on taxpayers. Sens. Jackson, Scott and Sheheen will be integral parts of phase two, and I hope voters will give them their support to finish the job.

This story was originally published April 29, 2017 at 3:57 PM with the headline "Letters: Reforms to SC Retirement System must continue."