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Day: October 12, 2018

Borrowing for pensions is a bad idea whether you’re in Chicago or Rochelle, Illinois  

October 12, 2018 3 Comments

Rochelle, Illinois, should drop the idea of borrowing money to fund its ailing public safety pensions. It’s a bad idea in so many ways, most of all because a city can’t borrow its way out of a debt problem.

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Champaign teachers union ‘overwhelmingly’ votes to authorize strike – News-Gazette

October 12, 2018 2 Comments
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Rising interest rates cast shadow on Chicago pension bond plan – Reuters

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Pension spiking legislation amounts to ‘special interest greed’: GOP lawmaker – Prairie State Wire

October 12, 2018 1 Comment

“We need spiking for older teachers to attract new ones?” Glennon wrote in reaction to the legislation. “Or they will leave if they can’t spike? Seriously?”

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