Tag: San Jose pension

Creative abstract money savings sketch on modern laptop monitor, accumulation and growth of money concept. 3D Rendering

A recent press story highlighted proposed pension cuts in San Diego and San Jose, California as pioneering efforts to rein in pension costs (New York Times 6-6-12).  These cuts were deemed newsworthy because they reduced future benefits for current participants, an action which at the beginning of the financial crisis was thought to have been…