And the Illinois Supreme Court has already ruled that the state constitution does not allow any diminishment of a government employee’s pension. So unless the state amends the constitution (and that ain’t happening with Democrats in total control) there is no ability to reduce any of these outrageous pensions by a single cent.
Yeah that’s adorable until the citizens realize that living in IL and bailing out its public pensions is strictly voluntary.
Once enough people leave the state in disgust, I have a feeling that the ISC will take another look at their constitution and discover that, hey, after all, it’s OK to reduce pensions after all.
“there is no ability to reduce any of these outrageous pensions by a single cent.”
Sure there is.
Once all of the paying people leave, there won’t be anything left to give out.
Atlas has Shrugged.
It’s happening already. Illinois is losing the population of productive citizens. Even the greedy base-turds with the pensions are leaving because they know exactly what they did, and want to get out while they still can.