CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Truth And Pension Ads: “Free speech entitles public employee unions to argue that reforming Illinois’ gravely underfunded pension system is unconstitutional, wrong, unfair — the unions can deploy any or all of a thousand negative adjectives. We do, though, wish their $1 million TV campaign didn’t mislead citizens — public employees included — about proposals legislators may consider in the last days of this session.”
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