Public Pension Reform Talking Points 
Posted 03/08/2011
2011–Feb 18 Video: Legislative Testimony on Government Pension Reform
Posted 02/18/2011JMI Resident Fellow William Mattox testifies on public pension reform before the Senate Committee on Government Oversight and Accountability.
2011–Feb7 Online Media: Breitbart Big Government – JMI Resident Fellow Mattox on Pension Reform
Posted 02/07/2011JMI Resident Fellow William Mattox provides commentary on public pension reform for Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government.com blog in “Florida Cities Need to Fix Pension ‘Leaky Roofs’”.
January 2011 – Backgrounder No. 66 – “Protecting Florida’s Cities through Pension Reform”
Posted 01/10/2011
Randall G. Holcombe DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics, Florida State University Senior Fellow, The James Madison Institute EXECUTIVE SUMMARY • Municipal governments across the country, including some in Florida, are facing the problem of underfunded pension liabilities. Governments have promised to pay their retirees more money than they have set aside to make those pension …
2010 December – “Federal VAT Would Be Bad for Florida”
Posted 12/30/2010Federal VAT Would Be Bad for Florida By Dr. Randall Holcombe As printed in the St. Petersburg Times, December 29, 2010 One idea circulating through the Capitol is the implementation of a national value-added tax, or VAT. This truly harmful tax would have a significant negative impact on all states, but the pain would be …
Florida Has a Huge Stake in the ‘Death Tax’ Debate
Posted 06/15/2010
Florida Has a Huge Stake in the ‘Death Tax’ Debate By Dick Patten Winter 2010 Journal Estate taxes penalize thrift and diminish the capital available for job creation.
April 2010 – Issue Analysis “Public Employee Pension Reform”
Posted 05/20/2010
INTRODUCTION Public employee pensions were originally intended to supplement the retirees’ Social Security benefits and other sources of retirement income. The promise of pensions helped governments recruit skilled employees while also ensuring that retired public employees need not spend their “golden years” in a state of poverty and deprivation. However, such pensions were never intended …
“Florida’s Fiscal Future: Tax and Expenditure in Uncertain Times”
Posted 02/01/2009“Florida’s Fiscal Future: Tax and Expenditure in Uncertain Times” (pdf) by Randall Holcombe Backgrounder #58, February 2009
“Fixing Social Security: Private Accounts Still Make Sense, Despite Wall Street’s Woes”
Posted 01/01/2009“Fixing Social Security: Private Accounts Still Make Sense, Despite Wall Street’s Woes” by Heidi Biggs Winter 2009 Journal
Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster
Posted 08/01/2008Paying $224 Million for an Omaha Stake Won’t Protect Florida from Fiscal Disaster by Eli Lehrer August 1, 2008
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