"You want to screw over retirees who held up their end of the bargain by working all those years to qualify for retirement." 

No,  just the Tier 1&2  .gov hogs screwing the state over with the CEO retirement plans.  AK.gov pensions were nothing but a huge vote buying /money making racket to squander oil wealth. It's sad the citizenry wasn't paying attention to what was going on around them...until now.  

"Good thing it is protected by the state constitution from people like you."  
Hah!  Good one. That "constitutionally protected" joke just never gets old.
https://mises.org/blog/government-pension-plans-are-headed-disaster

We need some data on what AK's "lucky few" are hauling in...let folks see what their PFD (tax?) supporting.  
Cali already heading off the cliff and here's a yuuuuuge reason: 
http://transparentcalifornia.com/pensions/all/?&s=-pension

Worry not.  Help for the old folks is on the way:
https://youtu.be/aTjQO163P2E