Tags: Pensions

Says it was due to self-imposed deadline, not union opposition

Videos! Social Media! People like that stuff, right?

Sets up website explaining how state employee pension debts are squeezing out other spending

Agency has run deficits for 10 years now

Padding pensions, mostly

It's Jersey, you can't expect better

Good luck getting that speeding ticket thrown out!

Both NJ ballot questions passed with significant majorities

Instead, he will get $240,000 a year, so hold the applause

The private market gets it, anyway.

Economic reforms press on

Well, you don't want to embarrass them

Opponents worry it will be used to prop up ailing state employees' programs

Yes, it has a guaranteed return

Sen. Jim DeMint leads effort to force states to clean up their own messes

That ... actually makes sense. So it'll never happen here.

The taxpayers are, of course, on the hook for the shortfall

With virtual one-party control, it's a family dispute

Most changes will affect new government hires, but also fights pension spiking

Tax-free pensions without losing the ability to work and draw another salary – what's not to like?