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Old 09-09-2016, 12:43 AM
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Default No surprise to me about Illinois

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Originally Posted by justjim View Post
Well, I was not surprised to find my home State of Illinois on the list ranked number nine. Illinois is in terrible fiscal shape. They owe the public pension funds over 100 billion dollars. Although the employees paid their share, the State of Illinois deferred their share year after year until they couldn't "kick the can" down the road any longer.

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Well it was no surprise to me that Illinois made the list. I have lived in Illinois for 36 years, and the state has never been in such bad fiscal shape. I have no idea what will happen in the next few years here in Illinois, but it's not going to be pretty.
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