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Good Links

WSJ: Romney proposes to privatize Medicare

The Nation: An argument for maintaining high employment levels within the government

DPC Data: Institutional muniland players get service that aggregates news items by CUSIP

BloombergLink:  Muniland players don’t see a change in muni bond exemption in next 12 months

Birmingham News: Jefferson County could move to file muniland’s largest bankruptcy today

Fort-Worth Star Telegram: Texas voters asked to approve numerous big bond issues

Middletown Journal: Ohio county quantifies job gains from tax exemptions

Central Penn Business: Harrisburg remains focused solely on incinerator debt, overlooks rest of debt load

Reuters: A few steps forward in the Harrisburg insolvency dance

YNN: Love the link at the bottom of the story directing readers to the community’s financial audits

@Twitter Talk

@CorbinHiar Corbin Hiar  What’s your community’s potential air pollution risk? Explore @NPR‘s interactive map to find out:  bit.ly/rJh89J

@annsaphir Ann Saphir  Inside Room 200, home of the “super committee” tinyurl.com/6s5moet

@timesync Kurt Collins  Yep, it is here: Oregon lets citizens vote for U.S. House by iPad  zite.to/rHmLqy

@tednesi Ted Nesi  Maine, NJ, Oklahoma, Washington all passed COLA cuts after 2010 changes in Colo & MN were upheld by the courts. No ruling on SD changes yet.

@PensionDialog Pension Dialog   ”A chronicle of broken promises” says Phyllis Borzi, Asst Sec of Labor regarding defined pension plans j.mp/v2j5sC

@todaysthedayhbg Tara Leo Auchey  Last night’s City of Harrisburg Consent Agreement meeting. What happened? Not much & a lot. Here are the headlines:  bit.ly/sQNKN8

@jimpoco jim impoco   Terrific photojournalism offers a window into a crowded California prison: tinyurl.com/6s8e7t4

@motokorich Motoko Rich  States try to save costs by shifting to contract workers, but savings are not so clear-cut:  nyti.ms/sUEnFq