Sneak Attack: The War on Unions and Pensions – Sept. 6, 2013
“The participants in the closed-door meeting were Republicans and Democrats, and included public officials and representatives of numerous foundations and think tanksintent on reducing pensions for public employees.“
When? This particular meeting was May 22, 2013. The incident was uncovered and reported by the Huffington Post on September 6, 2013.
“Both the Reason Foundation and Pacific Research Institute are allied with the Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which has been writing corporatist model legislation for about 30 years. More locally, however, the nexus for pension-cutting is the Tustin-headquartered California Public Policy Center, a conservative nonprofit led