Texas Comptroller Report: Public Pensions A Critical Concern for Taxpayers
The board game LIFE begins with picking a career. As you move across the board, you pick up paychecks along the way. In the end, you retire, hopefully as a millionaire.
Retirement in real life can be uncertain and 2.3 million public employees in Texas rely on public pension plans supported by taxpayer dollars.
In a report released Tuesday morning, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs said the health of public pensions is of critical importance to taxpayers as well as public employees.