David Coates - Vermont's $3 Billion Pension Problem
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As of June 30, 2011, the state of Vermont owed an astonishing $3.0 billion in unfunded pension and retiree health benefits for state employees and teachers. This figure was approximately six times the state’s outstanding general fund, transportation fund and special fund general obligation bond debt on the same date.
How Vermont got into this enormous problem, and how it can work its way out, is the subject of this Sheraton Economic Series talk by David Coates. The Sheraton Economic Series is sponsored by The Ethan Allen Institute, Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce, Vermont Economy Newsletter, Vermont Business Magazine and Vermont Tiger. The Series is hosted by the Sheraton Burlington Conference Center. More information at Ethan Allen Institute.
This event was actually recorded on the 20th.
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