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Philadelphia Pensions

Philadelphia ignores future pension woes

Last month, Eric Boehm of PAIndependent.com reported about the upcoming municipal pension crisis and how it will affect the Philadelphia area,...
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Former budget official: Retirements are not legal obligations to government

On May 23rd, an independant agency performed an in-depth analysis on the Federal government's deficit, accounting practices, and true cost to...
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Economist predicts that pension plans and 401K's next to fall for Americans

With the ongoing debt crisis continuing in Europe, and the underlying fundamentals of the stock markets and banking system in flux, economist...
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Pension use by Treasury increases as they seek to sell $110 Billion in new debt

Since the Treasury Department on May 16th began to direct federal pension fund payments towards general government spending now that the debt...
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Newt Gingrich advocates legislation to push states into bankruptcy

Newt Gingrich is an interesting man in American politics. He claims to be an expert in history and the political system by his many books and...
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The coming crisis of the Baby Boomers as they start to turn 65 in 2011

The Baby Boomer generation is retiring, and is about to set in motion a chain of events our economy and financial system is not equipped to deal...
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Group pension plans run up big deficits in 2008

A recent actuarial study from The Segal Company reveals that 20% of defined benefit pensions lack enough assets to fund at least 80% of the accrued...
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