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Kicking off the 2016 Eighty Percent Funding Watch – Stump
March 7, 2016
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The author is an actuary who writes about pensions. Here, she adds Reboot, Ralph Martire and the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability to her “Wall of Shame” for repeating a pension myth.
Illinois House candidate alleges assault outside campaign office – Chicago Sun-Times
March 7, 2016
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Comment: The alleged assault victim is a primary challenger to an incumbent Democratic House member. Hmm. Let’s wait for more details.
Advantages of pooling pension funds – Pensions & Investments
March 7, 2016
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Such proposals have a long history. “On Jan. 8, 1919, Gov. Frank O. Lowden (of Illinois) delivered a message to the General Assembly recommending “a consolidation’ of pension fund assets in the state under a central state supervising board.”