The Benefits of Retirement Security…

  The Benefits of Retirement Security… When a retiree receives a pension benefit payment, s/he spends it on goods and services — housing, food, clothing, medicines, a car or computer. These purchases create an important economic ripple effect.         Every taxpayer dollar contributed to state and local pension plans supported        …

June 2018 Newsletter

Email Template – Variety 2 FPPTA’s 34th Annual Conference – June 23 – 27, 2018 This month in a special issue of the newsletter, we are sharing exclusive Q & A interviews with our keynote speakers for the 34th Annual Conference. Our theme this year is “It’s deja-vu all over again!”, because it feels like we’ve…

We don’t have a pension problem

  Politico 11/14/2017 01:54 PM EDT By Matt Dixon Gov. Rick Scott wants to boost funding for Visit Florida to $100 million, an amount that could be unpopular with House members. Visit Florida was on the chopping block last session as House Republicans tried to zero out the program. House Speaker Richard Corcoran said that tax…