Column: Public-pension report offers more words of warning to the unwise – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "As for proposed solutions, it’s a wish list. That’s because the responsible officials have over the years mostly ignored the problem. Instead, they sometimes have done the opposite of what they should be doing, passing unaffordable pension sweeteners rather than restraining growing costs."
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Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
4 months ago

No changes to the pension system except for maybe they will get some additional raises. The pension liability will (has) choke the life out of Illinois for generations to come. The public sector runs the state and will never vote for less money only more money.

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