Keeping the economy strong will require addressing two distinct but related problems.
Steadily rising federal debt makes it harder to grow our economy, boost our living standards …

Federal law allows certain state and local governments to exclude employees from Social
Security coverage if those employees are provided with a sufficiently generous pension …

This study documents an important role for Social Security income in workers' retirement
timing. About 40% of public school teachers are not covered by Social Security. This …

Johan Galtung conceptualized positive peace or social justice as reconstructing unjust
violent structures, systems, and institutions; reinstating positive people-to-people …

Approximately a quarter of US state and local workers' pension plans are not covered by
Social Security. This is problematic and sometimes surprising for many public sector …

Federal law allows certain state and local government employees to be excluded from
Social Security coverage if they are covered by an employer pension of sufficient generosity …

Reforming the Social Security WEP Exposes Weakness in State and Local Pensions Page 1
RESEARCH REPORT Reforming the Social Security WEP Exposes Weaknesses in State …

Today the National Public Pension Coalition released the following report titled Why
Pensions Matter. This report examines the critical role public pension plans have played in …

Johan Galtung conceptualized positive peace or social justice as reconstructing unjust
violent structures, systems, and institutions; reinstating positive people-topeople …

In 2018, one-quarter of state and local government employees—approximately 6.5 million
workers—were not covered by Social Security on their current job. The Social Security Act of …