Pensions

Pensions in Florida are spectacular - if you are a judge or an elected official.
Their point is, that it isn't teacher pensions who are breaking the bank.

That's one side of the story. However, what a few judges and elected officials take away in pensions dwarfs what teachers make when you add them all up. The Manhattan Institute looked at pensions for teachers and found that Florida teachers, like teachers in New Hampshire and in Arizona, are included in statewide public-employee pension plans. They estimated that 45 percent of state pension liabilities were accrued on behalf of teachers.