Commentary: Illinois must cut debt to avoid another lost decade – JournalStar

While we don’t know when the pandemic will end, we do know what comes next: Illinois’ grinding fiscal crisis will become catastrophic. Once the virus is under control, political leaders must turn their focus to a single mission: cutting Illinois’ $430 billion in government retirement liabilities and tens of billions in state and local bonded debt.

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