Changing the Dialog in 2012

Blame it on e-mail, texting, Twitter. Say it is because we are too rushed, overloaded with information, doing more and more with less and less. Or an over-reliance on cut and paste. Whatever the cause – if there is just one – we’ve become a nation of lazy writers and speakers, readers and listeners. Which means we repeat the same phrases we read/heard somewhere else and do not even stop to consider whether or not they are accurate.

Pew Report Summary

In April, the Pew Center on the States updated its 2010 report on state pensions, “Trillion Dollar Gap,” with a new report titled: “The Widening Gap: The Great Recession’s Impact on State Pension and Retiree Health Care Costs” which reflects information based on FY 09 and FY 10 data. The following are a few points to consider: