Detailing Rauner’s Pension Plan
By Benjamin VanMetre
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35 Percent of Americans Want Pension Reform to be a “Top Priority” for Government
Illinois Risks Default If It Doesn’t Tackle Its Public Pension Crisis
By The Economist
Read MoreThe coming pension meltdown
By Stephen Moore
Read MoreRauner Named Most Important Pension Player in the Nation
By Benjamin VanMetre
Read MoreThe Cost of Illinois’ Broken Pension Systems: Per-Employee Retirement Contributions 4 Times the Private Sector
Rauner Adviser Glenn Poshard’s Pension Bonanza
Glenn Poshard’s pension is high — and he’s not alone. Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Chicago Sun-Times today by Chuck Neubauer, Patrick Rehkamp and Sandy Bergo of the Better Government Association:…
Read More12 Things You Need To Know About Government Unions
By Stan Greer: The recent Supreme Court decision in Harris v. Quinn has shifted forced unionism across the country.
Read MoreWhy the State and Local Pension Problem Will Get Worse
Steven Malanga writes in the City Journal that the way Detroit’s underfunded pension system is being reorganized “isn’t possible elsewhere.” Regardless of how it’s to be done, a day of reckoning will arrive for…
Read MoreWhy the State and Local Pension Problem Will Get Worse
Steven Malanga writes in the City Journal that the way Detroit’s underfunded pension system is being reorganized “isn’t possible elsewhere.” Regardless of how it’s to be done, a day of reckoning will arrive for…
Read MoreMost union members are government workers
By Associated Press
Read MoreMr. Zettler – be careful
The title is the last line written on a weird, anonymous letter I received by mail today. It was sent to my business office from a PO box in Springfield. According to the letter…
Read MoreBill Zettler on WGN news discussing huge pension mistake
Bill Zettler, Director of Research for the Family Taxpayers Foundation was interviewed on WGN’s 9 o’clock news by anchor Lourdes Duarte. Duarte reported on a huge mistake in pension calculation for a former Quinn…
Read MorePension math: why the Interest Rate assumption is soooooo important.
As the debate on phony pension reform continues unabated in Springfield pundits on all sides of the issue continue talk about the IR or Interest Rate. This can be very confusing if you do…
Read MoreSpringfield’s Property Tax Levy Swallowed by Local Pension Costs
From the Illinois Policy Institute: IPI recently published a study titled “The crisis hits home: Illinois’ local pension problem.”
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