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Pension Buyouts and Lump-Sum Payouts Expected to Increase

Posted: February 13, 2013 at 10:10 am

You have heard about underfunded pension plans and pension news during bankruptcies for years now. It turns out that pension plans in corporate America are likely to keep shrinking. After ...
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The States Doing The Most (and Least) To Spread The Wealth

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 2:40 pm

The Occupy movement has brought economic inequality to the headlines. Occupy protesters around the country have labeled themselves the 99%, in contrast to the wealthiest 1%. While this has captured ...
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The Sixteen States That are Killing Their Pensions

Posted: March 4, 2011 at 6:11 am

For decades, public employees have had pension plans identical to those provided by most large American companies. These are defined benefit plans that pay workers a fixed sum each year ...
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