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I wonder how much Illinois impacts the average... At this stage, there is literally no way to even pay back the pension (it'd be $20k per person in the state,

• nfriedly 9y ago
  Yea.. Illinois is in bad shape. My father-in-law retired from Western Illinois University a little earlier than he had initially planned so that it would be before his union contract expired. That was over a year ago - the folks left are still working without a contract. That doesn't necessarily mean they won't get any pension if they retired today, but it puts it at even more risk than it already was.