alt Hacker NewsAnyone can balance a budget by just delaying pension contributions. It's not impressive.
What happens next year?
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DangitBobby • today at 2:00 PM
You'd think so but it turns out doing the bare minimum is actually impressive.
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Anyone can balance a budget by just delaying pension contributions. It's not impressive.
What happens next year?
You'd think so but it turns out doing the bare minimum is actually impressive.
How big was the savings from delaying pension contributions and how big was the budget deficit?
Yes, delaying pension contributions was absolutely a fudge, but it’s not like that was 100% of the gap for going from a large deficit to a balanced budget.