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Vermont

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. Yes.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:44 AM

Dec 2018

I've been aware for a decade or more that public pensions have been seriously underfunded. Somewhat like private pensions -- and I'm the "lucky" recipient of an underfunded corporate pension. At least I have one, although it is a bit less than one third of what it should be. Too many states are busily shedding their pension obligations, and it's criminal.

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