Gov. Tom Corbett recently announced proposals to fix escalating public pension costs. Pennsylvania Economy League members have consistently rated public pension reform as one of their top concerns. To provide additional insight on the issue, PEL offers information and views from Pennsylvania State Treasurer Rob McCord and from Richard C. Dreyfuss, a business consultant and actuary who has served as a PEL presenter and associate on pension issues.
- In the latest edition of The McCord Report, Treasurer McCord graphically presents numbers on the pension issue including public pension underfunding, Pennsylvania’s pension liabilities compared to those of other states and the startling number of local government defined benefit plans in the Commonwealth.
- Mr. Dreyfuss argues the case for various pension reforms in Make honest pension reform a priority in PA, a commentary that appeared on Philly.com, and in Fixing the Public Sector Pension Problem: The (True) Path to Long-Term Reform, a Civic Report that he prepared for the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.