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Letter: Lawmakers created pension crisis

To the Editor:

I would like to share a letter that I wrote and sent to Illinois legislators concerning Illinois budget issues.   

The fiscal problem the State of Illinois is facing today is not due to overly generous pension and health benefits, but is due to the skyrocketing pension debt services created by the Pension Ramp Law of 1995.

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