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Our view: Pension reform no cartoon caper

Should we be left to believe that the real reason that pension reform didn’t get done this year is because proposals lacked a cartoon mascot or that a lame social media campaign would have moved legislators to tweet the state into fiscal solvency?

Squeezy the Pension Python?

What about Edward the $96 billion pension liability Elephant, Lionel the Cowardly Lobbyist Lion, or Gary the Public Employee Union Gorilla.

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