January 2016

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  • The Inefficiencies of Existing Retirement Savings Incentives

    Last week I wrote about the book release of Retirement on the Rocks by Professor Christian Weller. In addition to being an economics professor at UMass-Boston, Weller is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. In October…

  • 2016 State Outlook: Virginia
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    [rwd imageid=’772′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Virginia-NPPC-Pensions.png’] Virginia’s public employees have endured a couple rounds of cuts to their defined benefit pensions in the past several years. Most recently, in 2012, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law that forced new…

  • 2016 State Outlook: Missouri
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    [rwd imageid=’776′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Missouri-Pensions-NPPC.png’] Retirees and public employees in Missouri should feel good about the security of their retirement. Missouri’s public pensions are healthy and state politicians have largely avoided unnecessary, misguided attacks on pensions. Last year, the…

  • Retirement on the Rocks

    Yesterday, economics professor Christian Weller spoke at the Center for American Progress about his new book Retirement on the Rocks. His book presents a detailed look at the retirement crisis facing Americans. Not only does he diagnose the problem, but…

  • The Star Wars Theory of Retirement

    Last week, NPPC’s executive director Bailey Childers wrote on CNBC about the December 2015 jobs report. She talked about how the release of Star Wars: the Force Awakens accounted for thousands of new jobs, but those jobs aren’t likely to…

  • 2016 State Outlook: Michigan
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    [rwd imageid=’779′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Michigan-Pensions-NPPC.png’] This week the Michigan state legislature began its 2016 legislative session. As legislators there consider how best to provide retirement security to public employees, it’s important to look back on Michigan’s history. In 1997,…

  • 2016 State Outlook: Colorado
    Colorado-Pensions-NPPC

    [rwd imageid=’781′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Colorado-Pensions-NPPC.png’] The Colorado state legislature begins its 2016 legislative session today, with pensions and retirement security both on the agenda for this year’s session. During the break between the 2015 and 2016 legislative sessions, three…

  • Wisconsin Retirement System: a Model for the Nation

    Pension systems thrive when they are well-funded. There is no better example of this than the Wisconsin Retirement System: it has been fully funded since 2003. There’s no secret formula here that makes WRS such a success- the state makes…

  • Good Pension News for the New Year

    The new year brings a new start in politics: new state legislative sessions, new candidates running for office, and new ballot measures being proposed. 2016 is also an election year, which means people all across the country will be talking…

  • Protecting Pensions in the Year Ahead

    Legislative sessions begin in some states this week. Here’s a quick look at some of the places we’ll protect pensions in the year ahead: Kentucky: newly sworn-in Governor Matt Bevin campaigned on gutting Kentucky’s public pensions and forcing state employees…

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year from everyone at the National Public Pension Coalition!  All Americans deserve a dignified, secure retirement and we will fight to protect retirement security for teachers, firefighters, nurses, librarians, and the many other public employees who keep our…