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Bankrupt States Could Trim Pensions

January 25, 2011

Under existing law, a state cannot go bankrupt. There's no provision for it -- yet -- under bankruptcy law.Now lawyers, politicians and other ingenious folk are looking for a way around that problem -- a fact that should come as no surprise, given the perilous financial health of California, Illinois and other states encumbered with crushing debts.

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