[Marxism] The Ideological Assault on Pensions

["acpollack2@xxxxxxxx" <acpollack2@xxxxxxxx>]

At http://www.kclabor.org/news.htm this morning (and if you haven't got your 
labor news yet there, you obviously need more coffee!), is a link to a Jonathan 
Tasini piece (see subject line above for the link's label) critiquing a NY 
Times Magazine piece by Roger Loewenstein yesterday on pensions. Tasini 
actually lets the author off easy. Loewenstein's piece is a long, detailed 
explanation of why traditional pensions are inherently impossible to sustain 
from an economic standpoint. Which of course is b.s. -- but I could see the 
article providing arguments for those -- including Democrats -- who want to say 
there's no alternative to companies dumping their pension plans (Delphi's 
Miller comes off like a rational person!), and for pension "reform" legislation 
further stripping away existing and future pensions.

Under the Times new pay for articles policy it may not be freely available, so 
if anyone wants a copy let me know.



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