As state courts across the nation prepare to referee numerous public pension reform disputes, a gaggle of interested parties — from major corporations to the Koch brothers — will next week sponsor an expenses-paid conference on public pension reform for judges who may decide the cases’ fates. Conference funders, which include ExxonMobil, Google and Wal-Mart, could benefit from efforts to slash benefits for public employees. Alternative approaches to shore up state budgets would likely require higher corporate taxes, fewer corporate subsidies and reduced government services, all of which would be bad for business. The three-day gathering in a Charleston, S.C., hotel is hosted by George Mason University’s Law & Economics Center. The Center for Public Integrity reporter Chris Young brings you the full scoop below:
Posted on: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:21:51 +0000
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