COMMENTARY: Latest municipal, state pension data show crash continues
Even as actuaries argued at their annual meeting here about the exact speed of our public pension crash, how to slow it with the least economic damage and who is going to take the hit, U.S. Census...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Fed screams softly in warning about public pension crisis
This is what it sounds like when the Federal Reserve Bank screams: “Much has been written about the various headwinds restraining economic activity over the near term.The post COMMENTARY: Fed screams...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: This plan could save municipal, state workers’ pension checks
Hey, young public employees, what are you going to do when your pension checks bounce after you paid in for decades? That is what will happen in many — maybe all — states and municipalities sooner or...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Municipal, State Workers Should Take Their Pension Money and Run,...
By Frank Keegan | State Budget Solutions Public employees should take their pension money now and run to avoid the risk of getting reduced benefits [...]The post COMMENTARY: Municipal, State Workers...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Public pension ‘best practices’ omit 1 thing: How do we pay...
Municipal and state pensions are at least $4 trillion in the hole as the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems meets next week. Funds ended 2011 with the first year-over-year...
View ArticleReform Idea: Make Workers Pay Half Pension Costs
By Steven Greenhut | Originally posted at Public Sector Inc. Pension reformer Marcia Fritz argued in a recent Long Beach Press-Telegram column that “The most impactful provision [...]The post Reform...
View ArticleKEEGAN: Municipal, state pension reform message gaining momentum
By Frank Keegan | State Budget Solutions Despite an organized campaign to stop public pension reform, reality is beginning to break through. One recent report [...]The post KEEGAN: Municipal, state...
View ArticleCOMMENTARY: Study Calls For ‘Drastic Reform’ of Public Pension Regulation
Politicians are forcing public pensions to take more risks with taxpayer money and public workers’ retirements. Recent accounting reforms actually will make the crisis worse, according to a study just...
View ArticleThe People Shouldn’t Get to Vote on Public Pensions?
Reality is closing in on public pension liars and deniers trying to keep docile government workers and taxpayers in the dark about how catastrophic our public pension crisis actually is.The post The...
View ArticleFraud Alert: Taxpayers Stiffed Millions in Pension “Disability”
Click here to watch TV coverage of NJ Watchdog’s investigation on NBC! Timothy Carroll retired at age 33. He claimed he was “totally and permanently” [...]The post Fraud Alert: Taxpayers Stiffed...
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