http://bostonist.com/2008/07/28/massachusetts_hates_education.php All comments for Massachusetts Hates Education (Financing) en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 http://bostonist.com/2008/07/28/massachusetts_hates_education.php#comment-1420393 http://bostonist.com/2008/07/28/massachusetts_hates_education.php#comment-1420393 Comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:09:42 -0500 <p>So according to the article, 40,000 Massachusetts families are in big trouble just days away from the start of college but, according to the Boston Globe on July 25, 386 of our fellow citizens are set for life. No, they didn't win the lottery, they retired under some special provisions of Massachusetts law. "State and local governments over the last five years have committed to spending an estimated $115 million to $235 million on 386 public employees who were allowed to invoke an obscure part of a state law to win earlier and significantly larger pensions, a Globe analysis has found." Comments from Massachusetts politicians on how they are going to fix this to follow.....</p>