Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on June 30, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
That’s the name of the website of Jack Dean, who is interviewed in this new Reason.tv video about how excessive pension promises to bureaucrats are creating a fiscal nightmare for state and local governments.
Categories: Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: bankruptcy, big government, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, General, Government and Politics, Government Pay, Health, Welfare & Entitlements, local governments, Pensions, states, unfunded liabilities, unions | 
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Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on June 1, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
The political process often resembles an unseemly racket as politicians take money from people who earn it and give it to another group in exchange for campaign cash and political support. The modern bureaucracy is a good example. Government workers have now become a cosseted elite, with generous pay, extravagant benefits, lavish pensions, and ironclad job security. In exchange for this privileged [...]
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Tags: bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Civil service, Government and Politics, government spending, Pensions, State Fiscal Crisis, unions | No Comments »
Posted by Daniel J. Mitchell on June 1, 2010
By Daniel J. Mitchell
The political process often resembles an unseemly racket as politicians take money from people who earn it and give it to another group in exchange for campaign cash and political support. The modern bureaucracy is a good example. Government workers have now become a cosseted elite, with generous pay, extravagant benefits, lavish pensions, and ironclad job security. In exchange for this privileged [...]
Categories: Politics, Tax and Budget Policy |
Tags: bureaucracy, bureaucrats, Government and Politics, government spending, Pensions, State Fiscal Crisis, unions | No Comments »
