PensionTsunami's primary focus is on California's public employee pension crisis, but we also monitor news in other states, keep an eye on the world of corporate pensions, and follow developments in Social Security since it is taxpayers who will ultimately be responsible for making up deficits incurred by any of these retirement plans. We also try to monitor international trends. The editor of PensionTsunami.com is Jack Dean (JackDean-at-PensionTsunami-dot-com).
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Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach sent out this e-mail update to his subscribers today regarding yesterday’s post on double-dippers by reporter Jennifer Muir on the Orange County Register‘s “OC Watchdog” blog: In my long battle against public defined benefit pension plan abuses, I have been frustrated that the system allows for egregious double-dipping opportunities. In […]
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association — California’s largest and most influential taxpayer organization — has launched a campaign to stop the Metropolitan Water District from increasing its employee pensions by 25%. The pension hike is scheduled for a vote at the MWD’s board meeting next Tuesday. You can read about the campaign here and sign […]
