"I call them MEGO numbers. That stands for My Eyes Glaze Over." In Chicago the shortfall is $42,600 burden per taxpayer. In fact, they point out that if you include public school pensions in those future obligations, Chicago is in even more financial trouble than New York.
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.