"[A bill now pending before the California Senate] removes the statute of limitations for job-related survivor death benefits for ... current firefighters, police officers, prison guards and other public safety workers but retirees as well.... Its practical effect is to give every police officer, every firefighter, every prison guard or park ranger a taxpayer-funded life insurance policy. To pay for that extraordinary benefit, services will have to be cut. In some jurisdictions, even police and firefighters could be laid off to pay for it."

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