When a town in Rhode Island declared bankruptcy in 2011, it slashed municipal pensions.
When the city of Central Falls, Rhode Island, declared bankruptcy in 2011, it slashed municipal pensions. Bruce Ogni and other retired firefighters and police officers discussed the impact of cuts in their pensions. Some have come out of retirement and returned to work; some have been forced to seek public assistance; and others have lost their homes.
AIR DATE 10/7/16
In an epic road trip, political comedian John Fugelsang retraces the nearly two-hundred-year-old journey of Alexis de Tocqueville. Along the way he explores whether the optimistic spirit of the American Dream that Tocqueville popularized is alive and well in the twenty-first century.
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