Political strategist: Springfield shuffles burden of ‘wildly excessive’ pension benefits onto Illinois taxpayers – Chicago City Wire

With Illinois retiree health insurance shortfalls at $55 billion, according to Wirepoints, taxpayers in the state are on the hook for a total of $530 billion. That means the average tax-paying Illinois household owes $110,000 toward that shortfall, an increase of $20,000 per household since 2018.

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