This weekend’s Common Sense Townhall.com column wades into the depths of America’s government pension debt problem — not Social Security, but the pensions for government workers ranging from governors to dog catchers. Click on over, and come back here for more reading:
- Washington Post: “Governor, emergency manager defend Detroit bankruptcy”
- WSL-TV: “Moody downgrades Chicago bond rating”
- “Moody’s Cites Pension Problems as Reason for Downgrading Chicago’s Bond Rating”
- Breitbart: “The Next Detroit?”
- WLWT: “Moody downgrades Cincinnati’s bond rating”
- Fox 19: “S&P downgrades Cincy’s bond rating outlook”
- Common Sense: “Cliff Dwellers”
- Washington Post: “Study: A looming shortfall in public pensions”
- Arizona Daily Star: “Initiative to change pension system could bankrupt city, Tucson official warns”
- Ohio Watchdog: “Cincinnati’s pension costs threaten to eat it alive”
1 reply on “Townhall: Debtroit — coming to a city near you”
Folks in Cincinnati doing something about it!!!
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130721/NEWS/307210046/Vote-sought-pension-reform?gcheck=1