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Re:Illinois pension benefits have grown six times faster tha... by sol_remmy on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @12:53PM (#16699407)
Doesn't matter if there is a "legal obligation" or not, if the state does not have money to pay then the money will not be paid.
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Re:Illinois pension benefits have grown six times faster tha... by closeparen on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:30PM (#16699817)
If I take on a $1m debt through an LLC, pocket the $1m, and have the LLC default, courts will see through that.

The state has money. The government doesn’t.

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