Throwing more and more dollars to fund the plan is not the solution.  Benefit level and method of determining the benefits are not working.  Benefits based on high three years of wages, employee contribution level, etc must be re-examined.  However, to do so would be political suicide.  Our politicians must realize that they cannot be accountable only to the pensioners, but also the other taxpayers of the State of Hawaii.  I have not heard of businesses contributing 17% to 41% of payroll to fund pension contributions.