“If you do this in a responsible fashion and adopt proper actuarial and accounting methods ... we will actually solve the problem,” said state Sen. Robert Martwick, a longtime proponent of pension reform.
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.
The best way to get away from the pension time bomb is to vote with your feet.
Easy answer is to quit giving overly generous pensions. Highest taxes and not the change of a nickel, says it all.