IRS rules put private pension funds in a difficult place. The rules were very clear: if the fund was overfunded, you had to either stop making contributions, or increase the benefits. And the IRS refused to budge. So the pension plans increased the benefits. When the market tanked at the end of the 1990s, plans were severely underfunded.
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