US - President George Bush has proposed raising premiums for underfunded pension plans in a bid to help the PBGC shake off its more than US$18bn deficit.
In his 2008 fiscal budget, Bush said the PBGC board should be given authority to set the size of the variable rate premium. That rate is currently set at $9 per $1000 of underfunding - on top of a ...
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