Staggering numbers from an analysis done by Cook County Treasurer Pappas: there are 136,000 public sector workers across all governments in Cook County(including Chicago). There are 127,000 retirees drawing a pension. That’s a 1.07 to 1 ratio of pensioners to current employees.
— Paris Schutz (@paschutz) February 19, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Staggering numbers from an analysis done by Cook County Treasurer Pappas: there are 136,000 public sector workers across all governments in Cook County(including Chicago). There are 127,000 retirees drawing a pension. That’s a 1.07 to 1 ratio of pensioners to current employees.
Economist Murray Rothbard was right. Here's the report.