Unfunded pension liabilities drastically underestimated
July 30, 2010 at 8:30 AM(NCAP) Recent reports state that due to over-estimated discount rates, the public employee retirement pension liabilities of many state and local governments have been under-estimated by 75-86 percent.
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Unfunded pension liabilities drastically underestimated
(NCAP) Recent reports state that due to over-estimated discount rates, the public employee retirement pension liabilities of many state and local governments have been under-estimated by 75-86 percent.
July 30th, 2010 | Fiscal Policy, Policy | Read MoreFinancial Regulation Bill Exempts SEC From FOIA Requests
(Fox Business) Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act.
July 29th, 2010 | Accountability, Recent News, Transparency | Read MoreD.C. teachers pressed to perform
(NCAP) With a new union contract under her arm Chancellor Michelle Rhee, of the the District of Columbia, has fired 241 under-performing teachers. Recent teachers’ union negotiations have given teachers their own report cards, with large raises and the boot on either ends of the scale.
July 28th, 2010 | Accountability, Education | Read MoreNew Orleans Schools After Katrina
Sixty percent of students in New Orleans now attend charter schools. It’s expected to rise to 70 percent next year.
July 28th, 2010 | Education | Read MoreThe politics and policy of online education
(Reason Magazine) While online education offers some great opportunities for kids, the traditional monopolies across the states are fighting to limit its growth.
July 27th, 2010 | Education | Read MoreAudio: The Ideology Behind Federal Health Care Reform
Burke Balch explains how the federal health care law was passed to avoid a two-tiered system and about The Darthmouth Atlas and how it is used to justify health care rationing.
July 26th, 2010 | Health Care, Recent News | Read MoreIt begins: Some insurers won’t issue new policies for children
Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law.
July 26th, 2010 | Recent News | Read MoreInvisible Ink In Teacher Contracts
Across the country, many cash-strapped districts fretting over likely layoffs are eyeing seniority rules as they hammer out new contracts. To the surprise of some district superintendents, contract negotiations are not likely to offer much relief. In fact, when it comes to seniority rules, and many other core aspects of teachers’ employment, the contract is not the problem. State law is.
July 23rd, 2010 | Education | Read MoreBudget manipulation and its effects on taxpayers
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University takes a serious look at state budgets and the inflation of them caused by gimmickry, fiscal evasion, and fiscal illusion; all common practices which pass extra costs off to taxpayers.
July 22nd, 2010 | Transparency | Read MoreUnion power slowing education reform
(The Heritage Foundation) As the Senate brings another union-pushed education bailout up for consideration, real education reform is nowhere to be found.
July 22nd, 2010 | Education, Recent News | Read MoreResponsible ways to stop digging the debt hole
(The Heritage Foundation) Five must-do’s to curb spending and reverse the soaring national debt before it’s too late.
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