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it's a government-sponsored enterprise that insures--
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the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.
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It's like the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
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which guarantees your bank deposit;
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it guarantees your pension plan.
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So, the PBGC then receives dues from pension plans and
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the pension plans then, if they were to fail, would get--
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the pensioners would get a payment from the PBGC.
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The PBGC is supposed to monitor the funds of pension plans--
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make sure that they're adequately funded.
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Then if they are not adequately funded,
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then they would make up the difference.