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Steven Greenhut: Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger released this statement today regarding a new congressional bill requiring state and local governments to come clean about the real size of their pension debts: “It is abundantly clear that public pension funds must disclose
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Steven Greenhut: When the governor’s pension adviser, David Crane, comments on a pension issue, it’s wise to listen to what he has to say. Crane has long been sounding the alarm about out-of-control public-sector pensions, and his testimony in the
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Steven Greenhut: Today’s quotation of the day goes to to California Republican Party Chairman Ron Nehring, who discusses an Arizona-like anti-illegal-immigration initiative being circulated for the 2012 ballot. Said Nehring: “Nobody cares what we think their capital gains tax rate
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Katy Grimes: The smack down that Prop 23 received by supporters heavily invested in AB 32, should have tipped us off that the global warming push in the U.S. is bigger than anyone realized. The Northeast states are living proof
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Steven Greenhut: This is my column from today’s San Francisco Examiner. Nearly every day, the public learns of new tales of pension-abusing public employees. Yet reform efforts are still miles away despite new state and federal proposals that attempt to
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