MI teacher pension poverty claim warrants scrutiny
A Michigan fiscal policy expert says that a public school employee and spouse would be “barely” above the poverty level if they had to live on the school employee’s annual pension.
Read More →Retired educator says he ‘would not have gone into teaching’ with proposed pension reform
A retired Michigan teacher says he wouldn’t have gone into the profession had he known his payments for his health care in retirement were going to cost about $116 more a month than what he thought he’d have to pay.
Read More →KEEGAN: Fed screams softly in warning about public pension crisis
By Frank Keegan | State Budget Solutions
This is what it sounds like when the Federal Reserve Bank screams: “Much has been written about the various headwinds restraining economic activity over the near term. However, our economy also has other headwinds to confront over the medium- to-longer-term. … the finances of some state and local governments are [...]
Teacher upset she can’t retire at 47, contributes to pension
Terri List says she would tell her students not to become a teacher in Michigan.
Why?
One of the reasons is because the Saginaw Township Community School District English teacher won’t be able to retire at age 47 as she has hoped.
Read More →COMMENTARY: MT gov can’t admit to union’s role in pension debacle
By Dustin Hurst | Franklin Center
HELENA — Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer is a gifted politician where message discipline is concerned.
That can make life tough for a journalist.
Last week, Schweitzer told a room of reporters that he blames Republicans for blowing a $2.4 billion hole in Montana’s two largest pension programs, the Teachers Retirement System, or TRS, [...]
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