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Cullerton and Quinn and GOP conspire to kill state pensions. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Cullerton and Quinn and GOP conspire to kill state pensions. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Cullerton and Quinn and GOP conspire to kill state pensions.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Lawmakers in Illinois say they may try to fix the state’s ailing pension system by asking current workers to pay more into the plan, though the approach faces substantial legal and political obstacles.

The lawmakers are also entertaining the politically difficult idea of applying broader pension changes made this year for newly hired employees to current