and the rush is on to lock onto those fat benefits...
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The security guards at the headquarters of New Jersey's pension fund have never seen anything like it before: lines of public employees extending out the door and into the street.
Day after day, workers come in droves to apply for retirement. They often line up before dawn.
The rush has been set off in part by Republican Gov. Chris Christie's campaign in this cash-strapped state to make government employment — and retirement — less lucrative.
States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pension_headaches - broken link)
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