State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load. (cnbc.com)
If nothing else, leaders have a clear obligation to express solidarity with their own beleaguered employees, even if they find themselves unable or unwilling to denounce the ban outright. (canadianbusiness.com)
«The @EPA has a clear obligation to address carbon emissions & the Clean Power Plan was helping to achieve that goal,» he tweeted, adding that the decision «undermines our commitment to fight climate change & embrace a clean energy future.» (businessinsider.com)