Originally Posted by
transpac
I think, or maybe hope, that as you spend more time in this community you will understand that a decrease in benefits, which might not impact you personally but does negatively impact your ' FT neighbor', should always be questioned and attempts made to reverse reductions in benefits. I understand that you may not be too unhappy with the planned 2012 CR-1 reductions, but as others are clearly unhappy you could support them, or not.
I think that this is a bit of social philosophy that should transcend this or any other forum. Fight for the common good. The question is what is the "common good" if individual circumstances are so different within the community? Merging the CO and UA FF programs had to affect the individual programs in some way. My understanding was that CO's PEs were being awarded 4 SWUs at 75k EQM. Now, that has been done away with. The only elites getting any SWUs at all are 1Ks. So, what to do about the PEs? One can weave a very complex canvas of such isolated changes that members are not happy with. Does one then reject all change, or does one look at each item and determine its overall impact on the community as a whole? The impact of the new CR1 rule on the community is mixed but a net positive, IME... Those who can afford them can get as many as they wish; those who need just a few can earn them although at a slightly higher cost; and now CR1s are being extended to 1Ps, which is a net plus for those members of this community. I'll be happy to support your petition for a change back to old rule, and I'll do better job using them than to let them expire...