Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Top 10 Public Pensions Headed for Collapse

Business Insider's Gregory White offers a rare look at the worst of the public pensions and the folks who run them. Insider's top ten?

Missouri DOT and Highway Patrol - 59.1% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $1.2 Billion. Head of Fund: Chair of the Board of Trustees Roger D. Stottlemyre.

Illinois Universities - 58.5% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $10.3 Billion. Head of Fund: Chairwoman Carrie Hightman.

Illinois Teachers - 56% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $30.2 Billion. Head of Fund: President Christopher A. Koch.

Kentucky ERS - 54.2% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $4.9 Billion. Head of Fund: Chair Randy J. Overstreet.

Rhode Island ERS - 53.4% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $4.9 Billion. Head of Fund: Rhode Island General Treasurer Frank T. Caprio.

Connecticut SERS - 53.3% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $7.5 Billion. Head of Fund: Chairman Peter R. Blum.

Oklahoma Teachers - 50.5% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $9.1 Billion. Head of Fund: James R. Wilbanks, Ph D., Executive Secretary.

West Virginia Teachers - 50% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $4.1 Billion. Head of Fund: Governor Joe Manchin III.

Illinois SERS - 46.1% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $12.8 Billion. Head of Fund: Illinois Comptroller and Chairman Daniel W. Hynes.

Indiana Teachers - 45.1% Funded


2008 Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liabilities: $10.3 Billion. Head of Fund: Governor Mitch Daniels.

Congratulations, Illinois, you're our big winner: you've made the list three times. Be sure and thank Andy Stern, Wade Rathke and Barack Obama when you see them.


2 comments:

jeaneeinabottle said...

Mitch Daniels???? Isn't that the guy the GOP started spreading the word he would be a candidate for president, I hope not.

directorblue said...

To be fair, these folks may not have been responsible for the policies that left the pensions so dramatically underfunded.

My guess is the unions and various negotiators have historically caused these issues.

That's why public sector unions must be broken up and banned.