Tag: Act 47

Facts from the Act 47 Plan

Which personnel group has seen its ranks thinned the most under Act 47? Since Act 47 gives the employer leverage over collective bargaining for new

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Pittsburgh Taxpayers’ Debt Load Getting Lighter

In 2011, the debt per capita in Pittsburgh was $1,901, based on the Census count of 306,000 and $581.8 million in general obligation debt of the City.  A decade earlier the average resident carried a much heavier debt load of $2,651.  Both the debt and the City’s population were higher in 2001 but debt has fallen faster than population in the intervening years resulting in the per capita debt drop. 

 

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Act 47, Scene 2

City workers sure regard living under Act 47 distressed status for another five years (at minimum) a tragedy. Many of the City’s labor contracts-including those

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The Perfect Storm

When will elected officials tackle the building pension crisis? According to researchers at the American Enterprise Institute "it is only when the gloom of crisis

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Fishing for Tax Dollars

Having seemingly perfected the art of taxing people who travel into the City by automobile (evidenced by the nation’s highest parking tax and a possible

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