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ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR PENSION FAILURES

ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS ON THE HOOK FOR PENSION FAILURES

| September 15, 2016 | 0 Comments

Every time you turn around, there’s a new mess in Illinois pensions that ends up costing taxpayers billions. Sometimes it’s corrupt double-dipping that lets government workers tap into multiple pensions. Other times, it’s salary spiking that boosts the multimillion-dollar pensions of superintendents and administrators. Most of the time, it’s politicians treating the pension systems as their own political slush funds. And as […]

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