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	<title> &#187; Kim Crockett</title>
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		<title>Andrew Biggs on Pensions in the Wall Street Journal: Pension Commission Meets January 31st at 5pm</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/05/andrew-biggs-on-pensions-in-the-wall-street-journal-pension-commission-meets-january-31st-at-5pm/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2012/01/05/andrew-biggs-on-pensions-in-the-wall-street-journal-pension-commission-meets-january-31st-at-5pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Pension Reform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Biggs had another good article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday called &#8220;Why Public Pensions are so Rich&#8221;. The pay-wall is down so you can enjoy it. It reminded me to tell you that the LCPR (pension commission) begins meeting again on Tuesday nights at 5:00 pm, January 31st and throughout the session. Here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December Greetings and Giving: Would You Include Us This Year in Your Charitable Giving?</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/12/16/december-greetings-and-giving-would-you-include-us-this-year-in-your-charitable-giving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Members and Friends, Thank you for your support this year! We have heard from many of you this fall, some old friends and some new. If we have not heard from you, would you include us in your December giving? (All donations are 100% tax deductible.)  We are busy preparing for upcoming policy battles [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory for Freedom! Ramsey County Issues Temporary Injunction Against Day Care Union Election; Next Hearing is January 17th</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/12/05/victory-for-freedom-ramsey-county-issues-temporary-injunction-against-day-care-union-election-next-hearing-is-january-16th/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/12/05/victory-for-freedom-ramsey-county-issues-temporary-injunction-against-day-care-union-election-next-hearing-is-january-16th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kim Crockett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Employee Unions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right to Work]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the press release from ChildCareFreedom.  While this is very good news  for Minnesotans who do not support the unionization of daycare providers (or any small business owners for that matter), we have to always ask what can other branches of government do to address this issue. While the Rule of Law triumphed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Amy Koch&#8217;s Rules Committee: Senate To Back Suit Against Dayton&#8217;s Daycare Election</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/12/01/senator-amy-kochs-rules-committee-senate-to-back-suit-against-daytons-daycare-election/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/12/01/senator-amy-kochs-rules-committee-senate-to-back-suit-against-daytons-daycare-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 18:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking News: the Senate Rules Committee voted to file an Amicus Brief in support of the daycare providers&#8217; suit against Gov. Dayton&#8217;s Executive Order (ordering an election for public unions to potentially &#8220;represent&#8221; private, small business owners).  Read more here&#8230;.    Excerpts from the PIM article above: “The question is clearly whether the governor in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dayton&#8217;s Executive Order on Unionization of Daycare Providers/  Hearing in House Commerce Committee: Monday, Nov.21 at 10 am</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/16/daytons-executive-order-on-unionization-of-daycare-providers-hearing-in-house-commerce-committee-monday-nov-21-at-10-am/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/16/daytons-executive-order-on-unionization-of-daycare-providers-hearing-in-house-commerce-committee-monday-nov-21-at-10-am/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collective Bargaining]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governor is keeping our part-time legislators very busy during the interim. So far, the governor has not sent a representative to any hearings in the House or Senate; will he send someone this time? Citizens are welcome at the hearing! You can read about the issue here: http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/governor-dayton-issues-executive-order-unionization-of-daycare/ MONDAY, November 21, 2011  -  10:00 AM Meeting Time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor Dayton Issues Executive Order: Unionization of Daycare Providers (e.g.Small Business Owners)</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/governor-dayton-issues-executive-order-unionization-of-daycare/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/governor-dayton-issues-executive-order-unionization-of-daycare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Dayton issued an executive order calling for a vote on unionization of childcare providers today. It will be a mail ballot on Dec. 6th. Only licensed providers who were registered to receive the CCAP subsidy as of Sept. 30, 2011 will be allowed to vote (approx 4,400 providers). The language of the Executive Order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Give to the Max Day (or Any Day)!</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/give-to-the-max-day-or-any-day/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/15/give-to-the-max-day-or-any-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you will Give to the Max this November through the giveMN.org event (or anytime through Paypal). People asked us to participate in this event; we are signed up here and ready to go! I want to ask for your financial support but not without telling you what we have done to earn your past support.  You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pension Commission Update: Interim Hearings Take on &#8220;Big Issues&#8221; in Preparation for the 2012 Session.</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/06/pension-commission-update-interim-hearings-take-on-big-issues-in-preparation-for-the-2012-session/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/06/pension-commission-update-interim-hearings-take-on-big-issues-in-preparation-for-the-2012-session/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All Pension Reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assumed Rate of Return]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hybrids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income adequacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pension reform]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[replacement income]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In October, the commission heard testimony about changing the assumed rate of return on investments from 8.5% to a lower number (probably 8.0% but it Rep. King Banaian has sponsored a bill that would lower the rate to 7.5%); and it reviewed various hybrid pension plans being adopted around the nation. (A hybrid plan is part defined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANDREW BIGGS FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO TESTIFY AT PENSION COMMISSION THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/06/andrew-biggs-from-the-american-enterprise-institute-to-testify-at-pension-commission-november-10th/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/11/06/andrew-biggs-from-the-american-enterprise-institute-to-testify-at-pension-commission-november-10th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANDREW BIGGS FROM THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE TO TESTIFY AT PENSION COMMISSION THIS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH (State Office Bldg Room 5, Click Here for the Agenda and Schedule).  CONTACT: KIM CROCKETT  kimc@mnfreemarketinstitute.org OR 612.388.2820 FOR INFORMATION.  Keith Brainard, research director of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators (NASRA), and an aggressive and talented defender of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Minnesota House of Representatives will conduct two public hearings on childcare unionization on Monday, October 24th at 7:00 PM. One in Rochester and one in St. Cloud.</title>
		<link>http://mnfmi.org/2011/10/24/the-minnesota-house-of-representatives-will-conduct-two-public-hearings-on-childcare-unionization-on-monday-october-24th-at-700-pm-one-in-rochester-and-one-in-st-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://mnfmi.org/2011/10/24/the-minnesota-house-of-representatives-will-conduct-two-public-hearings-on-childcare-unionization-on-monday-october-24th-at-700-pm-one-in-rochester-and-one-in-st-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kim Crockett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Here are some of the news reports from Saint Cloud and Rochester from last night&#8217;s hearings. While these news reports are rather weak on the facts, the comments from readers are encouraging. People understand that this threat to impose a public union on privately own small businesses is a clumsy attempt to increases the dues-paying [...]]]></description>
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