Daniel Borenstein
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Borenstein: California taxpayer pension costs grew eightfold since 1999; new plans add billions more (opens the original)
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California lawmakers are poised to raise already unaffordable public employee retirement benefits — doubling down on a mistake 27 years ago that has helped drive up taxpayer pension costs by more than eightfold. This time, state legislators have a quarter century of painful experience to consider and have been warned of the multi-billion-dollar price tag of new increases. But with a lack of historical perspective due to term limits and facing powerful labor union influence, state legislators fro
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