Monday, September 19, 2011

Mass GOP Chair Nassour announces resignation

Mass Gop Chairwoman Jennifer Nassour has announced that she will be stepping down effective October 28 as she prepares for the birth of her third child in February. Her decision to resign will allow her successor to come up to speed in preparation for the next election cycle and commit the time needed to be chair. With her family situation changing she stated that family must come first.


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Headline reads "Senate slashes pension benefits; House to vote next"

In an article found in various news sources including the Lowell Sun, the headline reads that the "Senate slashes pension benefits; House to vote next." When you read into the details of the plan, the proposed changes only affect new hires after Jan 1, 2012. The changes to the pensions are raising the minimum retirement age from 55 to 60 and eliminating incentives to retire at the early age. The proposal also extends the formula to calculate the pension from 3 year period to 5 years.

Comments from our State Senator Ken Donnelly, a former union official for state firefighters and a retired firefighter include, " he understands why state legislators are trying to address unfunded pension liabilities, but he claimed savings could be found elsewhere," although where was not elaborated in the article.

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Sunday, September 4, 2011

A Penny of Spending Cuts for Every Dollar of Debt

There has been quite a bit of discussion over the growing government debt and the battle to contain it. This article points out that the spin has come from both camps at our expense - literally.

From Newmax, "More than half the members of the House of Representatives avoided holding customary town hall meetings during their August vacation. No wonder they’re ducking the public. The spin Congress put on the debt ceiling deal doesn’t jibe with the facts."

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