Cathie Eitelberg

"... conference committee. and was "optimistic that we will be successful in protecting our of the tax conference to exempt state and local pensions from thc provision. Barring that, said Cathie Eitelberg. chief lobbyist for the Government Finance Officers Association, "we think existing public employee plans should be grandfathered and thc states should bc given two years to design plans for new ..."

"... ij fm weekes mae® enrollment for gov- workers, said state and study newly hired workers to Social Security would cost the $25 billion over five years. That figure, said Cathie Eitelberg, the consultant who authored the study, was derived by assuming a 9 percent yearly turnover and a 3 percent rise in payroll each year. The numbers yielded were recalculated along ..."

"... struggle to retain the deductibility of state and local taxes and sales members of the tax conference to exempt state and local pensions from the provision. Barring that, said Cathie Eitelberg. chief lobbyist for the Government Finance Officers Association, "we think existing public employee plans should be grandfathered and the states should be given two years to design plans for new ..."

"... Rep. Guy Vander Jagt, asking that the Senate version of the tax bill be changed. The Republican from Luther, Mich., is the state's only member of the conference committee. Cathie Eitelberg, a lobbyist for the Government Finance Officers Association, said the lower benefit ceiling in the Senate tax bill was meant to prevent corporations from shifting large portions of executives' salaries ..."