June 10 - She began her nonprofit, "Truth in Accounting" to give citizens factual information on what government finances really were -- not using the financial gimmicks so many government entities employ to make their books look balanced.
In our exclusive interview with Sheila Weinberg, the CEO and Founder of the "Truth in Accounting" organization, we hear why she says the state's numbers still don't add up to a balanced budget, and why accounting practices show we're under-paying pensions by $4 billion a year.
The state's pension ramp is a political tool she says -- not an accurate measure of the funds needed to meet the obligations of the state's pension systems. And she notes the Federal Government says the state continues to engage in "severe underfunding of the state's retirement systems"
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