'Retirement Security'
Recent Events: SB 141 and PERS/TRS
This message that follows was recently released by the Alaska Public Employees Association. The Association has played a leading role in the struggle to preserve retirement security in Alaska, and to preserve the ability of the public sector in this state to remain competetive to recruit teachers, police, firefighters, and other key positions. [...]
Update: Public Employees and Teachers Retirement
During the last year I have written a number of blog entries regarding Senate Bill 141 and the destruction of the Public Employees Retirement System and the Teachers Retirement System in the state of Alaska. I would like to give you an update now about the status of Senate Bill 141. This update [...]
Reality or Hoax: The Alaska Public Employees Retirement System “Crisis”
Despite everything you may have heard in the last year about the “unfunded liability crisis of the public employees retirement system,” and despite everything you may have heard about how the debt has grown to billions of dollars and is increasing year after year, the facts indicate that there may be no financial crisis at [...]
Tier IV: Let’s Take a Deep Breath
I am pleased to present in full this excellent article written by Senator Kim Elton. It was originally published in the April 28 addition of Senator Elton’s newsletter, Off the Record. In this article Senator Elton brings us up to date on some of the critical issues that have come to light since [...]
PERS/TRS Extension Hearing
On Tuesday, April 25, 2006, the Senate State Affairs Committee will hear Senate Bill 293. SB 293 delays the effective date of Senate Bill 141 until July 1, 2008. SB 141 is currently set to take effect on July 1, 2006.
Mark Your Calendar: March 28, 7-8:30 pm
Retirement Security or Welfare?
The Destruction of the Public Employees and Teachers Retirement Systems
Anchorage, AK March 28, 2006 — The Alaska Center for Public Policy (ACPP), in association with AARP, the Retired Public Employees of Alaska (RPEA), and the National Education Association - Alaska (NEA- Alaska)will host an interactive public forum on the consequences of [...]
Alliance for Retired Americans
I am a big fan of the Alliance for Retired Americans. The mission of the Alliance for Retired Americans is “to ensure social and economic justice and full civil rights for all citizens so that they may enjoy lives of dignity, personal and family fulfillment and security.” The organization has an excellent newsletter [...]
Medicaid Funding: Robin Hood in Reverse
I like the Coalition on Human Needs. “The Coalition on Human Needs is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people.” The Coalition represents passionate, staunch defenders of good public policy. CHN provides a wealth of important public [...]