Monday, August 13, 2012

Texas Retired Teachers and the Elections

                 Are you ready for some hardball? OK, so hank Williams Jr. said football, not hardball but hardball may be the sport retired teachers need to play during this election season. So what do I mean by playing hardball?          I first heard the term hardball used by Richard Nixon, who was himself  quoting Franklin Roosevelt.  Roosevelt said that in politics we must play hardball, meaning"reward our friends and punish our enemies".  In a political...

Friday, January 20, 2012

Texas Retired Teachers , Defined Benefits, Defined Contributions And Social SecurityThree Proposed Reforms

                 Does the current Teacher Retirement system of Texas need reform? Apparently some politicians, journalists and other inquiring minds think so. The main purpose of this blog is to discuss the two main reform suggested: moving from the current defined benefit plan to a defined contribution plan and moving the retired teacher system into social security.                                        ...