Scott Shackford on KABC Talk Radio at 11:30 a.m. (Pacific) Talking About Pensions

Heads up, everybody. I'll be talking about the sorry state of public employee pensions in states like California and Illinois on KABC, Talk Radio 790 at 11:30 a.m. Pacific time on The Bryan Suits Show. His show's site is here.

Prime yourself with recent news about the failing efforts to reform pensions before they completely consume state and municipal budgets here and here.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Pacific time? That's more socialist than the metric system.

[NYC Liberal]

There should be no public pension at the municipal level. The local cronies will just fleece the municipal tax payer with pensions paying three times the median income.

Pensions for all Americans with a Social Security Number should be paid at the federal level and should be means tested. Plus, the payout should never ever be more than the US median income.

The reason private pensions like GM failed is because expecting a company to be perpetually solvent into the future is unreasonable.

[Brandybuck]

Scott Shackford is truly an inspiration. His tale of heroism and survival in the face of the Antarctic winter is truly uplifting.