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<title><![CDATA[Andrew Biggs - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/17900.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Biggs]]></description><category domain="17900">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Aunt Becky and the 'Underpaid Teachers' Myth]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/public-schools-underpaid-teachers-myth/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What the college-tuition scandal can teach us about public-school teacher pay.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Democrats' Social Security Plan Means Much Higher Taxes]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Absent other reform it'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d raise the total top marginal rate to 59.4%'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'the developed world'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s highest.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How to Become a (Public Pension) Millionaire]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304360704579415173512940990?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop&amp;mg=reno64-wsj</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Detroit and San Bernardino and Stockton, Calif. are in bankruptcy, and across the country the costs of maintaining pensions for city and state employees more than doubled to nearly $84 billion in 2011 from 2002. Yet the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Social Security Discourages Longer Working Lives]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/02/social-securitys-disincentives-for-longer-work-lives/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Raising the Retirement Age Regressive?]]></title>
							<link>http://www.aei-ideas.org/2012/12/is-raising-the-retirement-age-really-regressive/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Scott Walker Won]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/walking-scott-walker-footsteps-article-1.1092426</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s victory in the June 5 recall election is a clear blow to public-sector unions in his state. But have the governor'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s efforts to rein in generous public-sector compensation been enough? And can reductions in excessive compensation for government employees...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Truth About Federal Workers' Pay]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/yes-they-re-overpaid_541409.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA["Scapegoating,"? claimed the American Federation of Government Employees. "Punishment,"? said the Federal Managers Association. "Transparently cynical,"? declared Paul Krugman. President Obama's late November announcement of a two-year pay freeze for federal workers has been poorly...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Paying Too Much for Public Employees]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Andrew Biggs</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Pay cuts, layoffs and the highest unemployment rates in decades have reignited a debate over the relative treatment of public and private workers. USA Today reported in March that federal workers earn substantially higher wages than private sector employees who work the same types of...]]></description>
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