Illinois taxpayers must eventually fill a $313 billion hole to pay all the promises made to those roughly 1 in 10 Illinois adults covered by a statewide pension plan, but some retirees will take more than others because they figured out how to game the system.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Work a day then retire and your golden
When some future Edward Gibbon writes his magnum opus on Illinois, he’ll gave a chapter dedicated to public employee pensions.