Media Roundup: No Pension Bailout
See what they're saying about the No Pension Bailout project.
Television
Fox Business: States face more than $2.5 trillion in unfunded pension liabilities
Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman joined Lou Dobbs to discuss the impact of unfunded pension liabilities on state budgets across the countries.
WCIA TV: Illinois looking for a federal bailout?
WCIA ran a story on the No Pension Bailout project pointing to bailout language used in Gov. Quinn’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget.
Web
Pensions and Investments: Republicans build up, then fight, issue of bailouts for pension funds
Pensions and Investments writes on Republicans and conservatives making a pre-emptive strike against the idea of federal government bailouts.
FoxNews.com: DeMint joins national effort to keep feds from bailout out state pensions
Fox News covers Jim DeMint joining the national movement to stop a federal bailout of state pensions.
Spokesman-Review: Don’t bail out state pension funds
Op-ed by the Illinois Policy Institute and The Freedom Foundation on stopping a federal bailout of state pensions.
Chicago Tribune: Dumb enough to bail us out?
Op-ed on the difficulties facing Illinois if it were to seek a federal bailout of state pensions.
Tampa Tribune: Florida shouldn’t pay for other states’ foolishness
Op-ed co-authored by The James Madison Institute and the Illinois Policy Institute on Florida taxpayers losing to Illinois in a bailout scenario.
Watchdog.org: DeMint — No federal bailout for state pensions
Illinois Watchdog covered the No Pension Bailout press conference with Jim DeMint announcing the launch of the project.
The Wall Street Journal: An Illinois pension bailout?
WSJ covered the No Pension Bailout launch and the bailout language included in Gov. Quinn’s Fiscal Year 2012 Budget.
Red State: Don’t bail out public pensions!
Red State covered the No Pension Bailout press conference with Sen. DeMint and the launch of nopensionbailout.com — an interactive tool showing the impact a federal bailout would have on individual states.
Talk Radio News Service: DeMint warns against state pension bailout
TRNS covered the Institute teaming up with Sen. DeMint to warn against a federal bailout of state pensions.
Tennessean: Bailouts punish successful states, help the foolish
Op-ed co-authored by the Illinois Policy Institute and the Beacon Center of Tennessee warning Tennesseans regarding a federal bailout of state pensions and the impact it would have on taxpayers.
Richmond Times-Dispatch: Will Virginians bail out irresponsible states?
Op-ed co-authored by the Illinois Policy Institute and the Thomas Jefferson Institute warning Virginians regarding a federal bailout of state pensions.
Baltimore Sun: Is another federal bailout coming?
Op-ed co-authored by the Illinois Policy Institute and the Maryland Public Policy Institute warning Maryland regarding a federal bailout of state pensions.
Press Releases
Sen. Jim DeMint: Don’t bail out state pensions
Press release announcing the launch of No Pension Bailout at a press conference in DC.
Media Advisories
Sen. Jim DeMint to hold news conference announcing opposition to federal bailout of underfunded state pensions
Media advisory announcing the Institute’s press conference featuring Sen. DeMint at the Cato Institute in DC to announce the launch of No Pension Bailout.