Gov.-Elect Bruce Rauner Took Donations From Execs Who Manage State Pension Investments
As governor, Rauner will now appoint the trustees who oversee Illinois’ pension investment decisions. Isn't that cozy?
Christie's Wall St. Donors Won Huge Contracts, Sucked Out Fat Pension Fees
Christie bragged about pension "reform," but outsourced the assets to his Wall St. buddies so they could siphon off large fees.
U.S. Judge Rules Detroit Bankruptcy Case Can Go Forward
It's a highly political move, in which banks are paid off and employees are screwed.
The Sanctity Of Contracts: A Comedy In Two Acts
Remember how sacred contracts were in the AIG bailout?
Matt Taibbi: How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Looting Pension Funds
Taibbi says, "Pension funds are one of the last great, unguarded piles of money in this country and there are going to be all sort of operators that are trying to get their hands on that money."
Bay Buchanan Calls Gingrich Super PAC 'Desperate' For Running Romney Documentary
Nothing like watching Republicans eating their own. On Fox's America Live, host Megyn Kelly first talked to Newt Gingrich Super PAC, Winning Our Future, adviser Rick Tyler about the half hour long documentary, When Mitt Romney Came to Town, now
Maine's New Teabagging Gov Raises Pension Fund Contribution For Union Members To Pay For Tax Cuts
When last I checked in on Maine's new teabagging governor, he wanted to repeal the state regulation that prevented using toxic chemical bisphenol-A in baby bottles. (Says there was no "science" behind the ban.)
Now, under Paul LePage's
Fox News Lie So Bad GOP Rep. Slams Them : ‘I Don’t Know What They’re Doing At Fox News, But They Should Stop Smoking It’
Fox News' Megyn Kelly wins Keith's Worst Person's honors for this hackery. Keith should have included Fox Business' Stuart Varney as well.
GOP Rep.
Al Franken Relays The Concerns Of Steel Workers Regarding Pensions And Benefits
Sen. Al Franken from the Oct. 29th Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing titled Pensions in Peril: Helping Workers Pres
Making Social Security Private In 1949
(Sen. Paul Douglas D-Ill. - Stuck in the middle of warring factions)
By 1949 Social Security had become hopelessly out of date, with no cost of liv
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