The Undollar Digest

Don’t Stick Taxpayers With Underfunded Corporate Pensions

By the Editors 09/17/2012 www.bloomberg.com

When Congress passed a transportation bill in July, it included important changes to rules governing corporate pensions. Unfortunately, these changes will allow companies to underfund their pension plans, which will cost taxpayers down the road.  
As usual with bad pension policy, the rules involve a complex accounting issue. In this case it’s “discounting,” the [...]


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