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by wang_li 2884 days ago
> ... create a healthy set of constraints for this kind of bargaining.

They should simply put the burden of new obligations (debt or pension guarantees) on individuals rather than on the city. If you live in a municipality when they take on a bond for a stadium, or agree to pension payments, then you pay those debts regardless of where you have moved to. Or put the obligations on property, so people have an interest in not burdening themselves or their investments.