Stuff We Can't Afford: Credit Card and Public Pension Debt

Nice graphic re: credit card debt:

http://www.mint.com/blog/finance-core/the-descent-into-credit-card-debt

Now I need to go figure out if any of my credit cards have an "inactivity fee."

Also, here's an excellent article (8/20/2007.) on public sector pensions and how to fix them:

http://reason.org/news/show/1006943.html

The argument of generations past, that government must offer greater benefits than the private sector to offset smaller salaries, clearly no longer applies. Today, government employees receive significantly higher benefits and salaries than their private-sector counterparts. According to a 2005 study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, public-sector employees earn 40 percent higher salaries and 60 percent greater benefits than private-sector employees.

Thanks to Adam Summers for catching this issue back in 2007. Too bad almost no one listened.