October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement Forbes post, “Here’s Why, Actually, The IRS $600 Bank Reporting Proposal Is Entirely Reasonable No one wants to talk about the underground economy. But we should.
October 11, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Who’s Missing From The ‘Build Back Better’ Reconciliation Bill? The Elderly And Disabled Poor” Should SSI enhancements be included in the Biden Reconciliation Bill? And why aren’t they?
October 11, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “No, Lightfoot’s Chicago Budget Does Not Make An ‘Actuarial’ Pension Contribution” Mayor Lightfoot’s claim that Chicago is making “actuarial” pension payments is incorrect and misleading.
September 28, 2021 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement Forbes post, “Why Focusing On The Reconciliation Bill’s Price Tag Is A Bad Idea, In Four Examples” We need far more scrutiny of the bill’s actual contents.
September 27, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Hidden In The Reconciliation Bill: A Retirement Plan Mandate That Will Take Most People By Surprise” Auto-IRA mandates do not belong hidden in a Reconciliation bill.
September 20, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “How Will The Biden Medicare Dental Plan Affect The Trust Fund Solvency?” “Free” dental coverage financed through deficit spending and “tax-the-rich” is not how social insurance works.
September 6, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Mismanagement Compounding Underfunding: The Chicago Police Pension Forensic Audit” How much worse is the Chicago Police pension underfunding due to corruption?
September 1, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “More Than An Insolvency Date: What Else To Know About The Social Security And Medicare Trustees’ Reports” What does it mean for the Trust Funds to become insolvent, anyway?
August 20, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “Should Cuomo Lose His Pension? No – Or, Not Yet” Cuomo has resigned in disgrace. But he hasn’t been convicted.
August 19, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement Forbes post, “The Massachusetts ‘Essential Worker’ Pension Boost Proposal Is A Case Study In Public Pension Failures” Rewarding essential workers? Sure. Borrowing unknown sums of money to do so? Not so great.