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/ 84.40.133.* / 2015-02-25 21:05
Chicago grozi niewypłacalność. W kwietniu odbędą się niespodziewane nowe wybory burmistrza. Jednocześnie nowy gubernator stanu Illinois ma też problemy finansowe i tnie dotacje dla miasta.
Chicago, the city of 2.7 million people, faces possible insolvency, rooted in $20 billion in unfunded pension liabilities.
Its obligations have soared in the past decade, reaching almost $12,900 for each resident in fiscal 2013, up from $4,300 in 2004, according to the Civic Federation, a nonprofit research group that specializes in government finance.
Chicago’s route to stability could be undermined by the state, which is saddled with billions of dollars of budget and pension deficits. Newly elected Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, a Republican, last week proposed cutting more than $300 million in income-tax, transit and pension assistance to the city and its schools.