Gary Palmer: State legislators must not cave to AEA pressure

  Andrew Biggs' testimony regarding state and municipal debt should be required reading for every Alabama state legislator.  And every Alabama citizen should know what Biggs projects regarding the debt obligations that we taxpayers now face.

  Biggs, a former principal Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and former Associate Director of the National Economic Council, reported to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform that states are facing a debt crisis of enormous proportions, most of which is in obligations for pensions and health benefits for state employees.