You were the one who thru up, literaly, "If they pay dividends, this puts money back into the economies and helps all those public retirement funds which are so inadequately funded become a bit more fiscally viable".
I didn't 'throw it up", I stated it as a self-evident truth.

The only 'underfunded retirement funds' you referred to, would have to be old time company retirement benifts that most corporations no longer adhire to. And the last report of corporate obligate pension funds that were used in times past.... were underfunded, and no new report I have seen has shown corporations meeting that obligation.
Just not true. The remaining private defined benefit retirement plans are much better funded than the public ones. Between ERISA and PBGC, it is a great deal more difficult for a private retirement fund to be underfunded than a public one.

The financial health of state and local pension funds has been transformed from a yawn-inducing topic to a frightening one in a few short years. By some measurements, the shortfall across the nation adds up to over $3 trillion or more than two years' worth of state and local tax revenues. In a few states, such as California and Illinois, pension funding has become a major political controversy.  Brookings Institute

401k investment pensions, can't be underfunded. It is a market investment vihicle, and any match funds (normaly between 2 to 4 percent of base earnings) is paid quartly.
Yes, 401(k) retirement funds are defined contribution plans which means the employee assumes the risk of the investments not doing well. I was speaking about defined benefits retirement plans where the employer assumes the risk. Two completely different things and irrelevant in this discussion.

You thru out the old pension underfunding item, and showed no information that shows the last 'tax holiday' was used to even shore up those past debts due.
That money had to go somewhere. Neither you nor Mr. Krugman ever attempted to explain where.

Seems to me you have a lot of gall complaining when I at least make an attempt, based on logic, where that money went.

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