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Who Put the Dagger in the Heart of Defined Benefit
Benefits and Compensation with John Lowell 
[Opinion] Nov. 19, 2015
"Back in 1987, just one year after passage of TRA86, Congress, in its infinite wisdom, decided that the status quo, having existed for about a year, needed change. Included in that necessary change was limiting the amount that companies could contribute (and deduct on their tax returns) to DB plans. We were switched from a regime that was sound actuarially to one that never was and never will be."
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