From The Institute for Truth in Accounting…
Sheila Weinberg, Founder & CEO of the Chicago-based Institute for Truth in Accounting, spoke at the Private Solutions in Public Sector Pension Plans conference held by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Her speech highlighted the need to bring FACT based budgeting (download .pdf) to state budget processes.
Her speech starts at the 16:00 minute mark in the video that can be viewed from the CSPAN library. Other speakers at the event included David Walker, President of Peter G. Peterson Foundation, State Senator Chris Lauzen (R-IL), Andrew Biggs, Resident Scholar-American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Dana Bilyeu, Chief Executive-Public Employees’ Retirement System of Nevada, Jack Dean, Editor-Pension Tsunami, President, Fullerton Association of Concerned Taxpayers, Ray Scheppach, Executive Director-National Governor’s Association, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Senior Fellow- The Hudson Institute.