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...pension crisis will likely aggravate an already bleak financial outlook for many companies, and may stimulate a debate about retirement policy in this country. Already, President-elect Barack Obama has moved swiftly to address the worsening economic and financial crisis. Now, a key question is how, or if, President-elect Obama delivers on his campaign proposal to require companies that don't offer employee retirement plans to enroll workers in a direct-deposit IRA account, which may help many low- and middle-income people participate in retirement programs for the first time. "You can't have companies going from...
When President-elect Barack Obama met with America's governors earlier this week, he got an earful about the recession-induced budget crisis they face. On Thursday those words of woe were backed up by a fresh report on the rapidly deteriorating condition of state finances. Revenues are dropping so fast that state budget cutters can't keep up, according to a report released by the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). States that collectively cut $40 billion in spending to balance their budgets over the summer are now facing an additional $32 billion shortfall as tax receipts come...
Himmelstein said that the study represents additional evidence to support such a health care system, and he criticized President-elect Barack Obama’s health insurance reform proposals for not going far enough because it continues to rely on private health insurance companies...
...Unfortunately, what’s being proposed by President-elect Obama and the leading Democrats is very disappointing,” Himmelstein said. “We know that it won’t work...
...labor-friendly President-elect appears poised to reverse the ruling. And coupled with an economic crisis that has shrunk Harvard’s endowment by an unprecedented 22 percent in the four months since July 1, the change could spark a resurgence of unionization among teaching assistants...