States Plagued by Fiscal Problems, Pension Payments

Name: States Plagued by Fiscal Problems, Pension Payments
Uploaded: 2012-07-17T22:00:00Z
Duration: P673S
Description: Grim findings from a task force come amid further setbacks to the nation's economic health. Jeffrey Brown discusses eroding revenues, state budget cuts and steep pension obligations with former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, the report's co-chair, and Susan Urahn of the Pew Center on the States.

Clip: 07/17/2012 | 11m 13s

Grim findings from a task force come amid further setbacks to the nation's economic health. Jeffrey Brown discusses eroding revenues, state budget cuts and steep pension obligations with former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch, the report's co-chair, and Susan Urahn of the Pew Center on the States.

Aired: 07/17/12

Rating: NR

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