Articles in Category: 'Pension'

Guns and Pensions
By: Thomas Sowell | Posted: February 18, 2013 3:55 AM
A nation's choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as "guns versus butter." But understanding the choices of many nations' political leaders might be helped by examining the contrast between their runaway spending on pensions while skimping on military defense.
TAGS: Franklin D. Roosevelt, News, Pension, Social Security, Columns
 
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Obama and His Rivals Duck the Entitlement Crisis
By: Michael Barone | Posted: August 29, 2011 3:55 AM

Some of society's most intractable problems come not from its failures but from its successes. Often you can't get a good thing without paying a bad price.

TAGS: Alan Simpson, Barack Obama, elderly, entitlements, Erskine Bowles, George W. Bush, income, Medicare, News, Paul Ryan, Pension, poverty, savings, Social Security, the recession, Columns
 
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The Death of the 'Defined Benefit'
By: Michael Barone | Posted: April 25, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: 401(k), Barack Obama, General Motors, Medicare, News, Pension, Social Security, Columns
 
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Tea Party Activists, Opponents Launch Bang-Up Opening Day
By: Lane Wright | Posted: March 8, 2011 2:48 PM
 

TAGS: 2011 Budget, E-Verify, education, High-Speed Rail, Mike Haridopolos, News, Pension, Rick Scott, taxes, Tea Party, Government
 
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Government Labor Unions vs. the Taxpayer
By: Matthew Falconer | Posted: March 1, 2011 3:55 AM
 
TAGS: Americans for Tax Reform, government employees, Milton Friedman, News, Pension, pension benefits, taxpayers, Wisconsin, Columns
 
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Tea Parties to Counter Public Employee Unions
By: Kenric Ward | Posted: February 23, 2011 3:55 AM
 

TAGS: Awake the State, Democrats, Florida PTA, government employees, independents, Kenneth Quinnell, News, Paula House Eisenhart, Pension, Pinellas County, Private Sector, public sector, Rasmussen, Republicans, Rick Scott, Robin Stublen, Save Our State, Scott Walker, state retirement system, teachers union, unions, Wisconsin, Politics, Government
 
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Rick Scott's Call for Cost-Cutting Ideas Going Largely Unanswered
By: Lane Wright | Posted: December 15, 2010 4:05 AM
 

Rick Scott is giving every state legislator in Florida the chance to weigh in on his or her 2011 priorities. And while he's getting plenty of thoughts on the top issues and how to approach them, he's getting almost nothing when he asks how they plan to pay for it.

TAGS: education reform, James Waldman, Lori Berman, News, Pension, Perry Thurston, Rick Scott, Visit Florida, Government
 
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