Our Wisconsin Retirement System
La Follette Pension Study
The La Follette Workshop in Pubic Affairs prepared a study for the Wisconsin Legislative Council on alternatives for administering the Wisconsin Retirement System. This report is NOT the report required by ACT 32 which is due to be released in June. The La Follette report was released in May of 2012. For more details, click here.
Defend The Wisconsin Retirement System
Retired WPEC member/activist Philip Anderson and retired WSP member/activist Roger Springman prepared an paper about defending the WRS retirement system. They are also part of a group of public retiree activists called POWRS. To read the paper, click here.
Pension Tension, Capital Times.
"Now, emboldened by the recent recall victory in Wisconsin — and two votes the same night in California to sharply curb pensions for municipal employees — anti-government forces are taking aim at public-sector retirement systems nationwide." Click Here to read more.
Companies Pension Pleas (in the private sector).
"Business groups are urging Congress to let employers put less money into their pension funds, saying that exceptionally low interest rates are forcing them to set aside too much cash. . . Labor unions are open to changing the contribution formula, but say that Congress shouldn't allow companies to underfund their pension plans, as has happened already in some cases."
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State's Pension System Doesn't Need Tinkering
A somewhat surprising editorial from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (6/28/12).
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