We live in a world of unintended consequences. Consider a 1978 change in the tax code designed to let corporate executives supplement their pensions with extra cash. Believe it or not, that was the idea behind this subsection in the …
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Internal Revenue Code section 401(k) is the only section of the US tax code that the average person can cite.
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Jason Richwine and Andrew Biggs have apiece saying that many public sector workers are overpaid in which they also say that I agree with them in much of their analysis. This is true.
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U.S. public pensions ended the first quarter with a median gain of 7.5 percent, the best performance since 2010, as stocks and real estate boosted returns, Wilshire Associates said.
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Unions and conservatives slam bid to give retirees less than lawmakers get
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Louisiana’s elections, agriculture and utility regulators say the governor’s retirement proposals could drive some of their most qualified staff from their employment rolls.
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