Baldwin, the bill's sponsor, said they can pay for it, so it will meet "pay-go" requirements.
The bill, would make available to the same-sex partners of Feds the same benefits to the spouses of straight workers, including health and pension benefits.
This kind of legislation would mean our healthcare would be cheaper, we may be able to retire earlier if I can put Shane on my health benefits, and, if I die, Shane will be able to get my retirement pension. It would be very good news.
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I love this. The opponents of providing benefits to same-sex partners get all bent out of shape at how much it will cost. But they never think their argument through. If all the same-sex couples were straight, as such people would prefer them to be, they would likely get married, and guess what? No questions are ever asked about the cost of providing their spouses and children with benefits.
Cost of benefits is a general issue, not a straight/gay issue. I've personally known many politicians that have actually figured this out.
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