CHICAGO (CBS)-- The Chicago area's pension programs for government employees are underfunded by a whopping $27.4 billion, according to a new report from a local watchdog group. The Civic Federation says several factors contribute to the massive problem. "For years the local governments were con...
But for Republicans to restore potentially massive Social Security windfalls to retired public employees who may not have paid a penny into Social Security and who already have high-quality government pension plans, at the cost of nearly $200 billion over 10 years…, fund is a travesty of both...
1989. The Obio Akpor Local Government Council is the governing body of this local government. Its estimated population is 464,789 inhabitants from the population census exercise conducted in the year 2006. This is one of the largest local governments in Port Harcourt that lies between the Niger ...
She was an Atithi Shikshak (guest teacher) at a government school. She was taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Medical College in Rewa district, after allegedly consuming poisonous substance on Sunday. Despite the efforts of doctors, she could not be saved. Subsequent police investigations have revealed ...
cities for financial assistance from the federal government. The mayors of Philadelphia, Phoenix and Atlanta appealed to the U.S. Treasury to allocate $50 billion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) for infrastructure projects. However, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson explained the ...
Let it be very clear, if cash payments will flow every year, forever, just as people who worked for the government (fonctionaire) are still receiving retirement pension, then we would be in, otherwise, no.”I6 (indigene, 58, MTD) This segment also expressed concern that only the elites...
However, we acknowledge that transport policies at the local level are very dependent on national policy options but unfortunately, for decades the central government of Portugal has created incentives for using private cars through investments in roads and car infrastructure, while disinvesting in the...
The Taiwan government was not interested in helping the DPP run its primary election. Instead, the DPP launched a touring roadshow. They set up a stage, just like a political rally, and the two finalists debated each other (saying the same things every night). After (ok, during) the ...
Sushma, a female parshad, claims to have helped hundreds of people get access to government entitlements, especially widow pensions, and worked hard to support the aaganwadi (child care centres). Yet despite working night and day ‘the only people who know of my work are the people I have ...
If the government still acts arbitrarily, then we will knock on the doors of the Supreme Court and appeal for justice, or again take to the streets with full force, starting a mass movement, he told reporters. They will organise a bigger protest than that seen on January 3 but not allow...