How We Got Here Can Help Us Learn How To Get Out Of Here.

If we don't learn from the past are we doomed to repeat it?

It's ok to make mistakes, just don't make the same mistake over and over.

From Jackehammer's blog:

The first paragraph of Sunday's Springfield News-Leader article, "Observer scours pension's past for cause of shortfall" began not as a paragraph but, as a single question:

"When it comes to the city's police-fire pension woes, how much more does the past have to offer?"

That's an interesting question, isn't it? Should past mistakes weigh into any discussion of the police and fire pension task force as they are seeking a solution to the underfunded police and fire pension plan?

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