“pensions must be paid, come hell or high water”
Horshiite.
No Money. No Pay. Start writing rubber checks.
If nobody is there to pay the taxes, there will be no money in the til.
Civil actions to force sale of state assets.
I tend to agree. The problem is the courts just "rule" that the pension bonanza has to continue. But if this sparks the kind of financial collapse that it has the potential to do.....well, then hold onto your butts.