• Going to Bat for a VAT
• BY: Girard Miller   |   August 2010
• Shifting the sales tax approach could solve Social Security and Medicare funding.

• California's Latest Pay Plunder
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 26, 2010
• Outrage over lavish salaries and pensions in Bell, California, could fire up reform in public compensation laws and practices.
• 14 Comments

• Beware of Negative Growth
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 22, 2010
• With yields low and fees high, "safe" funds used in deferred compensation plans may eat away at principal.

• Pension Politics
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 22, 2010
• Symbols and substance will clash in 2010 and beyond.
• 3 Comments

• Going to Bat for a VAT
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 15, 2010
• Tax solutions for Social Security and Medicare could also heal the states.
• 5 Comments

• Bonds as Good as Gold
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 15, 2010
• Federal credit guarantees for taxable state bonds would lift the economy.
• 1 Comments

• Curbing Pension 'Pay to Play'
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 8, 2010
• Under new SEC rules, placement agents won't be outlawed, but they will be regulated.

• The Arbitration Game
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 8, 2010
• In the New Normal economy, the rules of labor arbitration must change.
• 1 Comments

• Benefits, Bankruptcy and Baloney
• BY: Girard Miller   |   July 8, 2010
• Chapter 9 doesn't work the same as Chapters "7-Eleven" and won't solve the pension-benefit crisis.
• 4 Comments

• California's Down Payment on Pension Reform
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 24, 2010
• Four workers unions wake up and smell the coffee.
• 2 Comments

• Will the BOBs Window Reopen?
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 17, 2010
• Several large employers might get a second chance at benefit obligation bonds.

• Fixing Social Security and Medicare
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 17, 2010
• States and localities have a stake in the new bipartisan commission on fiscal responsibility.
• 6 Comments

• The Other Pension Fix
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 10, 2010
• Absent reforms for incumbents, a five-year salary freeze may be the best solution for skyrocketing pension costs.
• 14 Comments

• Funding Retirement Medical Benefits on $75 a Month
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 10, 2010
• A multi-pronged approach can slash retiree medical costs.

• Wanted: A Gold Standard for Pensions
• BY: Girard Miller   |   June 2010
• Public officials who run pension plans should update their rule books.
• 1 Comments

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