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Pension crisis hits Oregon, collapse of progressive model continues

Posted by: Phineas on November 18, 2012 at 3:30 pm » 8 Comments

**Posted by Phineas From the sound of this post by Walter Russell Mead, it looks like whoever manages Oregon’s state pension fund made the same mistakes we made here in California: expecting the extraordinary returns on investments enjoyed during the boom years to continue forever and then making big commitments based on those faulty expectations. And [...]

 

Oregon in play? Really??

Posted by: Phineas on August 27, 2012 at 2:01 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Normally I’d call whoever said that crazy, but it is Karl Rove, after all: A lot of the political analysis you hear from partisans is predictable. But sometimes they surprise. That was the case when Karl Rove spoke at a Politico breakfast event in Tampa this morning. Two examples: (1) When asked [...]