Salaries, Perks, and Pensions: Public Retirements: poor oversight of fund, ignoring or rewriting rules dumps shortfall on citizens
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Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) discusses about the use of accounting technique to push the cost of investment losses. In early 2002, investigators found that, in real terms, PERS's shortfall had jumped to $8.5 billion. Oregon lawmakers designed PERS to provide career employees with 60 percent to 70 percent of their final salary at retirement.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2003
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Salaries, Perks, and Pensions: Legislative Pensions: lawmakers cobble together own state retirement plans paying better than old jobs
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Half of New Jersey's former lawmakers are earning more pensions in retirement than they were paid while in office. Lawmakers are paid high pensions as compared to full-time teachers, state workers, police and firefighters.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2003
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Landfill gamble
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A complex financial deal to transform landfills in New Jersey into a mini-city devised by a developer to amass huge public subsidies over time is discussed.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2007
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