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The view from Main Street on retirement
Many in our region depending on company pension plans are worried
by WKSU's VIVIAN GOODMAN


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You might want to sit down before you read that 401 K quarterly report. Retirement earnings are plummeting, right along with the Dow Industrials. According to testimony last week before a House panel, pension plans have lost as much as two trillion dollars in the past 15 months. WKSU's Vivian Goodman reports that's forced many Northeast Ohioans to re-think their retirement plans.
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Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management Professor William Mahnic and retiree Domic LaGalba of Sagamore Hills talk about the economic crisis over coffee at Panera's in Brecksville.
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According to Case's Professor Mahnic, the PBGC only insures up to the maximum of 24,000 dollars. So if you have a 50,000 dollar pension from let’s say B.F.Goodrich and it goes bankrupt, your pension income would drop to the maximum that the federal insurance company’s going to pay.


Posted by: Vivian (Kent) on October 16, 2008 3:02PM
There is always the PBGC to help with pensions - which ironically and thankfully, even in the market downturn, will emerge as the retirement stabilizer. Just ask anyone with a 401(k).


Posted by: BlueCollarDollar.com (http://bluecollardollar.com) on October 16, 2008 8:45AM
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