Is 401(k) a Ticking Time Bomb?
Internal Revenue Code section 401(k) is the only section of the US tax code that the average person can cite.
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Everyone Agrees That the Decline in Private Sector Pay Has Been Understated Everyone Agrees That the Decline in Private Sector Pay Has Been Understated
Jason Richwine and Andrew Biggs have apiece saying that many public sector workers are overpaid in which they also say that I agree with them in much of their analysis. This is true.
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Public-Pension Return of 7.5% Marks Best Quarter Since 2010 Public-Pension Return of 7.5% Marks Best Quarter Since 2010
U.S. public pensions ended the first quarter with a median gain of 7.5 percent, the best performance since 2010, as stocks and real estate boosted returns, Wilshire Associates said.
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Senate’s teachers bill spurs backlash Senate’s teachers bill spurs backlash
Unions and conservatives slam bid to give retirees less than lawmakers get
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Legislature Needs to Shine “Bright Light of Transparency” & Put the Brakes on Jindal’s Secretive Cash-Balance Scheme Legislature Needs to Shine “Bright Light of Transparency” & Put the Brakes on Jindal’s Secretive Cash-Balance Scheme
Governor Jindal is currently trying to ram through the legislature one of the most extreme overhauls of a state-run pension system anywhere in the nation, without the benefit of a transparent and open debate.
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La. retirement changes could prompt agency brain drain, officials say La. retirement changes could prompt agency brain drain, officials say
Louisiana’s elections, agriculture and utility regulators say the governor’s retirement proposals could drive some of their most qualified staff from their employment rolls.
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Will LA Lawmakers Follow ALEC State Co-Chair, Rep. Cromer & 12 Major Corporations & Quit Secretive 1% Group ALEC? Will LA Lawmakers Follow ALEC State Co-Chair, Rep. Cromer & 12 Major Corporations & Quit Secretive 1% Group ALEC?
In case you missed it, Louisiana State Rep. Greg Cromer— State Chairman of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) since 2010—just announced that he had seen enough of ALEC’s inner workings and resigned from the controversial organization.
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Public Workers’ Compensation and Fair Labor Practices Public Workers’ Compensation and Fair Labor Practices
Once again Andrew Biggs and Jason Richwine claim that public workers are overpaid (“Overpaid Public Workers: The Evidence Mounts,” op-ed, April 11). The members of my union, the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, would be surprised to…
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Who’s Behind the Curtain? Who’s Behind the Curtain?
A look at who’s really behind the latest push to reform retirement laws in Louisiana
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The War on Public Sector Workers The War on Public Sector Workers
Politicians across the country are using heaping doses of the politics of envy to try to arouse the anger of workers.
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Corporate Sponsors Quit ALEC; Louisiana Politicians Need to Do the Same Corporate Sponsors Quit ALEC; Louisiana Politicians Need to Do the Same
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft Foods, Wendy’s, McDonalds, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation leave group over extremist stands
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New pension plan could cost Virginia millions New pension plan could cost Virginia millions
A Republican-led push to shift Virginia’s public employees toward a 401(k)-style retirement plan could cost the state up to $25 million, a new report says.