Center Pension Analysis in Oakland Press

The Oakland Press in a story Thursday about the strain of government employee pension benefits on taxpayers cites Mackinac Center research on the matter. Our analysis shows that closing the defined-benefit pension plan to new state employees in 1997 has saved taxpayers up to $4.3 billion in unfunded liabilities.

You can read more about state and school employee pension reform here.

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