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Despite troubled analysis, House pension reform advances
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelTALLAHASSEE — Despite a challenged analysis of the financial risks and rewards, the House is advancing a massive overhaul of the state retirement system that critics said would subject future workers to the wiles of Wall Street. The House... -
City pension system facing $681 million shortfall
The pension system for most city workers has nearly $700 million in unfunded liabilities, according to an audit released Wednesday. In contrast, the smaller system for elected officials — who contribute to their pensions — is in strong...
Tags: Justice System, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, 401K
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An honor for Alice Rivlin roils Social Security faithful
Robert M. Ball is one of the most revered figures in Social Security history, a man whose devotion to safeguarding the program from ideological attacks and political cant over six decades made him the program's "undisputed spiritual leader." Alice M....
Tags: National Government, Career and Workplace, Public Finance, Congressional Budget Office, Government Health Care
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Paul Ryan drinks deeply from pool of Social Security lies
I'd like to offer my thanks to House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) for doing so much to validate my list of the five biggest lies about "entitlement" programs published on Sunday. Ryan's proposed federal budget, released Tuesday,...
Tags: Paul Ryan, U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Career and Workplace, Employees, Medicare
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Pensions adjustment long overdue
Private corporations realized decades ago that fixed, "defined benefit" pensions created long-term financial liabilities that could threaten their competitiveness, and even their survival. So they switched to defined contribution, 401(k)-style plans...Tags: National Government, Career and Workplace, 401K, Barack Obama, Politics
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The five biggest lies about entitlement programs
Everybody loves lists. Most of those you see in the papers or online tend toward the inconsequential (The Six Best "Fast & Furious" Movies). So here's a list with a bit more gravitas: The five biggest lies you're being told about entitlement programs....Tags: Economic Indicator, Career and Workplace, The Wall Street Journal, Internal Revenue Service, Government Health Care
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Who really benefits from SSDI
When economic times are tough and the daily headlines remind us of our nation's deficit challenge, it's easy to use misinformation and anecdotes of abuse to demonize certain entitlement programs. Unfortunately, this has the unintended effect of...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Health Insurance, Social Security
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City school police seek better benefits for injuries in line of duty
When city school police officer Joseph Baribeault attempted to arrest two combative students at the old Greenspring Middle School, he ended up injured at the bottom of two flights of concrete stairs. Even though the city has acknowledged his disabilities...
Tags: Laws, Health and Safety at Work, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at School, 401K
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Audits detail fiscal problems of city phone system, pensions
Audits released Wednesday offered new details about two of the city's ongoing financial problems: money wasted by the outdated municipal phone system and the unfunded liabilities of the Police and Fire departments' pension plans. The independent HPA...
Tags: Justice System, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Career and Workplace, Science and Technology, Politics
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Bell trial: Ex-councilman says Rizzo forced him to take benefits
L.A. NOWFormer Bell City Councilman George Cole testified Thursday about the extraordinary retirement benefits he received through the city, and the great job that former City Manager Robert Rizzo did in his early years in the small, working-class city. Cole... -
Mayor calls for trash pickup fee, 10 percent cut in city workforce
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake called Monday for "bold reforms" to fix a looming financial shortfall, including requiring more city workers to contribute to their retirement fund, charging residents for trash collection, asking firefighters to work longer...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, James B. Kraft, Career and Workplace, Executive Branch, 401K
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Prepared text of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's State of the City Address 2013
Mr. President, Madam Comptroller, Senators and Delegates, members of the City Council, clergy, colleagues in public service, committed people of Baltimore—thank you for the opportunity to report on the progress of our city and to renew our...
Tags: Panama, Renovation, Andres Alonso, Layoffs and Downsizing, Science and Technology
Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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Mar 10, 2013
|Column| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mar 8, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 9, 2013
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Mar 6, 2013
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Feb 14, 2013
| Los Angeles Times
Feb 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Feb 11, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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