As if we didn't have enough to worry about, the FT's Charles Millard warns us about "vampire pensions":
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5d8b4d42-2ac8-11de-8415-00144feabdc0.html
While economists worry about “zombie” banks holding back lending, vampire pension plans may soon be stalking a company near you. The underfunding of America’s corporate defined benefit pensions poses a daunting challenge, threatening not only their 40m beneficiaries but the entire US economy.
Oh, the many unfunded obligations.
"And if an epitaph be my story, I'd have a short one ready for my own: I had a lover's quarrel with the world." -- Robert Frost
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