Sentences with phrase «local government pension plans»

Post-employment benefit increases — or cost - of - living adjustments known as COLAs — help to insulate retirees from the effects of inflation and are an important feature of most state and local government pension plans.

But according to Credit - rating agency Moody's, state, federal and local government pension plans are also $ 7 trillion short in funding.

Not exact matches

(The balance is made up of debt owed by local governments and the Canada and Quebec pension plans.)

Total government sector net debt consists not only of the net debt of the federal government but also that of the provinces, territories, local governments and the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans.

In the 2006 Budget, the government promised to reduce the deficit by $ 3 billion per year; to reduce the federal debt - to - GDP ratio to 25 per cent by 2012 - 13; to eliminate the total government sector debt (which includes the federal, provincial and local governments as well as the Canada and Quebec pension plans) by 2021; and finally, to keep the growth in program expenses below the rate of growth in nominal GDP.

New accounting rules are likely to show that public pension plans could face hundreds of billions of dollars in additional liabilities, putting new pressure on state and local governments to act.

DEBT Pension Deficits: While Private plans have an estimated deficit of just $ 465 billion, Public plans of local, state and the federal government in the US are estimated to have something like $ 1.6 trillion!

Communities across Illinois are being forced to cut local services and raise taxes to afford their pension payments, putting residents who rely on local government services at risk because of the inherent failures of defined - benefit plans.

The two campaigns have traded barbs in recent weeks over a controversial amortization plan that Wilson characterizes as borrowing from the pension fund and DiNapoli's camp insists is merely «smoothing» to provide predictability for local governments and the state when it comes to contributions.

Miner has been critical of the pension smoothing plan that Cuomo proposed in his initial budget plan that allows local governments to lock in stable rates now at the expense of future savings down the road.

The stable pension contribution rate for local governments and schools, submitted as part of the Executive Budget, will provide a new tool for local governments to access the long - term savings from Tier VI and have greater predictability in their fiscal planning.

Is the Times referring to DiNapoli's plan to allow local governments to borrow from the pension fund — with interest!

That he was going to go along with the plan to borrow from the pension to pay the local government contributions is reason enough to give him the heave - ho.

It also comes as the Comptroller is deliberating over an even more important proposal in the governor's budget, a bail out plan for local governments who are drowning in ever - rising pension payments.

· Creating a pension reform plan that will save state taxpayers and local governments outside New York City $ 83 billion, and will save New York City $ 30 billion over the next 30 years; and

Our Karen DeWitt asked the Assembly leader if he was in favor of the «pension smoothing» plan outlined by the governor that will allow local governments to lock in a rate now to reduce current payments while defering a portion of the costs down the road.

Shadow First Secretary of State, Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Angela Eagle MP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer John McDonnell MP Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Seema Malhotra MP Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham MP Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn MP Opposition Chief Whip Rosie Winterton MP Shadow Secretary of State for Health Heidi Alexander MP Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell MP Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Owen Smith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Maria Eagle MP Shadow Lord Chancellor, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Lord Falconer of Thoroton Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Shadow Minister for the Constitutional Convention Jon Trickett MP Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Chris Bryant MP Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Lilian Greenwood MP Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Vernon Coaker MP Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Diane Abbott MP Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray MP Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Nia Griffith MP Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Kerry McCarthy MP Shadow Minister for Women and Equalities Kate Green MP Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Michael Dugher MP Shadow Minister for Young People and Voter Registration Gloria De Piero MP Shadow Minister for Mental Health Luciana Berger MP Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Lords Chief Whip Lord Bassam of Brighton Shadow Attorney General Catherine McKinnell MP Shadow Minister without Portfolio Jonathan Ashworth MP Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning John Healey MP

[Cuomo will also call for another costly item for the state and local governments, pensions, to evolve into a defined benefit plan, similar to a 401 (k) in the private sector.]

Pensions Cuomo will also call for another costly item for the state and local governments, pensions, to evolve into a defined benefit plan, similar to a 401 (k) in the privatePensions Cuomo will also call for another costly item for the state and local governments, pensions, to evolve into a defined benefit plan, similar to a 401 (k) in the privatepensions, to evolve into a defined benefit plan, similar to a 401 (k) in the private sector.

Governor Andrew Cuomo walked back a step from his proposal to give new state workers the option of a 401k style pension plan Monday, but the governor says without major pension reform, local governments and the state of New York could end up «bankrupt».

DiNapoli's pension «amortization» plan, which also is open to local governments, has capped the growth in pension contribution rates at one percentage point of salary base per year since 2010.

The plan has its limitations: state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli runs the fund and Cuomo has zero control over the pension fund for hundreds of thousands of state and local government workers and retirees.

Cuomo says his plan to reduce skyrocketing costs of pensions for state and local governments is a seminal issue for his administration.

Wilson has criticized legislation adopted by the Senate Tuesday, but advocated by DiNapoli, that provides an optional 10 - year payment plan for a portion of the huge spike in pension payments facing state and local governments next year - from 7.4 percent of payroll to 11.9 percent next year.

DiNapoli has said the plan, which required future public employees to pay more towards their pensions and receive less in return, won't save state and local governments money in the short run.

As those who have followed the school battles in Wisconsin and Indiana know well, school employees enjoy generously funded health - care benefits and handsome defined benefit pension plans that are driving many state and local governments to the edge of bankruptcy.

A report from author Andrew Biggs finds that transition costs should not prevent state or local governments from closing old pension plans and switching to a defined contribution, cash balance, or other hybrid plan.

** Some state governments take full responsibility for teacher pension plans, other pass all the costs on to local school districts, while others split the responsibility between state and local governments.

«Retirement income» means income from federal, state and local governments» retirement plans, Social Security, Railroad Retirement, private pension plans, and deferred compensation plans in the public and private sectors.

Neither is state or local government debt or pension plan debt.

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