Illinois Policy’s Adam Schuster On Illinois’ $200B Pension Mess
During the recent legislative veto session, lawmakers voted to consolidate more than 640 local police and fire pension funds, but it falls far short of solving the state's $200 billion pension problem.
Illinois Policy's Director of Budget and Tax Research, Adam Schuster, joined the WROK Morning Show on Tuesday to discuss not only the consolidation of pension funds and what it means to taxpayers, but to also fill us in on what are being called "pension sweeteners."