TIA video by Adani Samat, text intro includes “Watch the video above for the 5 scariest zombie states according Truth in Accounting's Zombie Index.” This index identifies states that may have incentives to pursue riskier investment strategies for employee retirement benefit plans."

Are public pension systems 'gambling for resurrection?'

Money and power draw political forces like bees on honey.

Truth in Accounting’s “Ask the Experts” webinar last Thursday, text intro reads “Watch a recording of Truth in Accounting's virtual event discussing Congress' debt limit and social security. With Chuck Chokel, TIA Board Member and former Co-CEO of Progressive Corp., and Sheila Weinberg, CEO and Founder of TIA, we also discuss the newly released Financial State of The Union 2021.”

Silence can speak loudly.

One state walks the talk, and earns the trust of its citizens. The other one doesn't.

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Truth in Accounting's twelfth annual Financial State of the States report, a nationwide analysis of the most recent state government financial information.

Yesterday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed her fiscal year 2022 budget for the city of Chicago. Thanks to the much anticipated federal aid, Lightfoot has proposed several shiny new programs while not increasing taxes. But the city was deep into debt long before the pandemic started.

How many radio stations are they paying to run these ads?

Strong union states have worse, not better, public sector pension funding.

Includes “… the report included a notable continuing omission – names for the two public trustees. .. Perhaps we could take this as an opportunity to truly advance the independence of the public trustee positions. Rather than choose ‘members of different political parties’ (Republicans or Democrats), this could be a good time to cement nonpartisan, rather than bipartisan, public trusteeship.”

Where are the public trustees?