Indeed, some estimates suggest that, on average, states would need to more than double their typical annual pension contributions over the next decade to avoid collectively exhausting their pension funds during the next couple of decades.
See,  respectively, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and Office of Thrift Supervision (2009), “Agencies to Begin Forward-Looking Economic Assessments,” joint press release, February 25; and Board of Governors (2009), “Federal Reserve, OCC, and FDIC Release Results of the Supervisory Capital Assessment Program,” press release, May 7.