On AlterNet: pensions

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "pensions"

Shock Doctrine at the Post Office: How the GOP Manufactured a Crisis and Too Many Dems Went Along

Laura Clawson, Daily Kos. April 22, 2012.

Hold one thought in your mind every time you read about the "crisis" the U.S. Postal Service is in: There is a crisis, but it's a manufactured one.

How Wall Street and the Toxic Philosophy of Ayn Rand Are Destroying Our Retirements

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 3, 2011.

Washington is talking about balancing the budget on the backs of the elderly, but the economic security they enjoyed at one time is already imperiled.

What the Right-wing Assault on Women, Unions, the Environment, Health Care and PBS Is All About

George Lakoff, AlterNet. February 19, 2011.

Budget deficits are a ruse to conservatives. What they really want to do is change the basis of American life.

Debts Should Be Honored, Except When the Money Is Owed to Working People

Dean Baker, AlterNet. February 3, 2011.

Bankrupt states could tell teachers, highway patrol officers, and other public employees that they're not getting the pensions they were expecting, even if already retired.

The Media's Role in the Assault on Working People

Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com. January 26, 2011.

A common theme runs through a variety of news stories: there isn’t enough money around, and so working people must take a hit. But is that really the only solution?

Corporate America's Plan to Loot Our Pensions Is the Latest Battle in Decades-Long Assault on the Middle Class

Arun Gupta, AlterNet. December 18, 2010.

While the safety net is being withered by attrition, record corporate profits are deemed off-limits for discussion about closing the budget gap.

Will Your Pension Be Wall Street's Next Casualty?

Mark Brenner, Labor Notes. October 28, 2009.

For years corporations have been trying to choke the life out of traditional pensions ... and they may get their wish.

Is the Future Going Down the Drain? Baby Boomers Going Bust

Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. March 6, 2009.

Millions of boomers born into the dawn of the largest economic expansion in history are being forced to re-imagine their retirement futures.

The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 10, 2009.

Here's what the 50 million workers who saw their retirement plans drop by as much as 30 percent last year should know.