With some investment returns likely falling as far as 15 percent, states are going to face a cumulative pension debt of between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion by the end of the year.
That’s just one part of the problem. Investment returns that didn’t meet projections, defined benefits that exceed contributions, early retirement, 3% annual COLA and the list goes on.
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.
Horsey Manure!!
The Democrats in the State Houses spent the money that was supposed to fund them.
That’s just one part of the problem. Investment returns that didn’t meet projections, defined benefits that exceed contributions, early retirement, 3% annual COLA and the list goes on.