papere

do some research on WSJ.com or other websites and answer the following questions using concise sentences.

a. the 50 states in the US are currently facing serious problems for their public pension underfunding (or funding shortfall). how big is the public pension underfunding gap?

b. how do the state governments deal with the pension underfunding gap? Are there any tax policy changes to deal with this issue? can you provide an example? 

Requirements:

 you MUST list the references. if you cite some others' work or refer to some information from the websites but do not list reference. it is considered to be PLAGIARISM. 

MINIMUM two pages ( double-space 12 font)