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>New Jersey public workers in eye of benefit-cut storm
Within 15 minutes, Gov. Christie had a crowd of about 400 applauding as he talked about a “dumb” pension hike and “Cadillac” health care for public workers. (Burton, The Philadelphia Inquirer)
https://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/117132383.html
>Outlook for N.J. pension is bleak – even with Christie’s reforms
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed public pension reforms are a good start, Moody’s Investors Service said in a note Monday. But the ratings agency warned that even if the proposals are enacted, the pension system–already the 7th-lowest funded in the U.S.–will continue to deteriorate. (Varghese, The Wall Street Journal)
>The FCC is trying to fix something that isn’t broken. The only real problem it seems to address is how to bring the Internet more directly under government’s thumb. Seriously, its not as if the public has been clamoring about their favorite web services being blocked.
The Federal Communications Commission’s controversial Net neutrality regulations may soon vanish.
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee is planning a vote Wednesday morning on whether to rescind the agency’s Internet regulations that it adopted by a 3-2 vote in December.
Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology announced today that the vote will be on a so-called resolution of disapproval (PDF), which says the FCC’s regulations “shall have no force or effect.”
Read more: https://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20037498-281.html#ixzz1FLQPQUlu
