. >> lisa, illinois residents are upset: >> chicago's pension fund is underfunned.ut it's not because of its employees of our employees have faithfully paid into the fund for the past 118 years, never missing a payment. but the schools skipped their payments from 1996 to 2005. and then they got a pension holiday from the illinois legislature of $1.2 billion. and that's why we're in trouble these days. >> fred, i want to bring in the conversation, you are a retired teacher and talk to us. who would you blame for this crisis? >> the state legislature. for the last 60 years, the republicans and democrats have failed to meet their obligation into paying into their share of the pension fund. those of us like myself, who taught for 30 years, we got hired under the understanding that we would pay 9 and a half percent out of our salary into the future retirement system, run by the state of illinois. that we would invest that money and get a return, which they have, and that the legislature would pay their share. the legislature has not paid their share, and they have not pa