Jim Dey: Labor’s dream: More money for higher pension benefits – Champaign News-Gazette/Yahoo News

Jim Dey: "What’s a state like Illinois to do about its crushing public pension debt of nearly $144 billion? One option under consideration might surprise taxpayers. H.B. 5909, legislation being pushed by the state’s most potent lobby group — organized labor — would increase benefits and consequent costs to taxpayers by nearly $30 billion by 2045."