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  • Muni Bonds: The Next New Crisis?

    12/20/2010 12:55:51 PM PST · by george76 · 19 replies · 2+ views
    Yahoo! Finance ^ | Dec 20, 2010 | Aaron Task
    Budget shortfalls and subsequent muni bond defaults "could derail the recovery, cost a million public employees their jobs and require another big bailout package that no one in Washington wants to talk about," ... Gov. Christie does an excellent job of framing this discussion by pointing out the huge disconnect between the benefits of public sector employees vs. their private-sector counterparts. "I think the general public thinks, 'I can't believe anybody gets a pension anymore. I've got a 401(k). It got killed in the stock market. I don't know what I'm gonna do for my retirement. I can't believe people...