Illinois has a similar provision in its Constitution. A school teacher acquaintance of mine pointed that out to me one day. I replied “Well then when the State is completely broke you can take your copy of the Illinois Constitution down to the bank and try cashing it.”.
The look on her face was priceless. The real irony of the conversation? She’s a math teacher.
I’m not a math teacher, I don’t play one on TV, and I didn’t even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night - but I’ve known for decades that this crap was not sustainable. There is no exucse for gullible union members - SORRY.
There will be more to follow. When the money’s gone, the union contract/pension/state constitution is worthless. Like some other writer said, the Michigan constitution has ruled reality unconstitutional. Good luck with that.