The goal is to weaken the unions, make more money for corporations and the victim is the worker:
State conservative groups plan US-wide assault on education, health and tax
www.theguardian.com• State Policy Network co-ordinating plans across 34 US states• Strategy to ‘release residents from government dependency’ • Revelations come amid growing scrutiny of tax-exempt charities
The horror story continues:
Capitol Fax.com – Your Illinois News Radar » The most overlooked story of the week
capitolfax.com* The Guardian got its hands on an internal document from the State Policy Network that includes grant proposals from several conservative state-level “think tanks.” The proposals represent, according to the Guardian, “a co-ordinated assault against public sector rights and services.”
This is a few days old but very good information. Remember to thank the legislators who made this happen.
How proposed pension deal could affect retirees
www.sj-r.comPublic employees could see significant reductions in long-term retirement income under the pension reform plan approved Tuesday as a way to solve Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension crisis. One of the biggest cuts would come from a change in annual cost-of-living adjustments. The proposal would ch…
No wonder the legislature can’t find money for the pension fund, we are going to give AND $30million to move from one part of Illinois to another.
Illinois may pay ADM to move to Chicago
watchdog.orgSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois is one step away from paying one of its biggest companies to pack up and move from a struggling small city to Chicago.
Read Chris Tobe’s reaction to Illinois’ decision to cut retiree pensions.
“Public workers for the last 30 years were paid, most thought, a fair total compensation package which included salary, health care and a defined-benefit retirementsystem. I don’t recall many legislators in Illinois or anywhere else claiming that a single teacher, policeman or firefighter was over compensated until now. If their pensions were too high, then perhaps their salary was too low.
The second big myth is that this liability can be fixed by altering future benefits and shifting everyone to a 401(k). This makes for much theater as labor fights to keep benefits and others fight to take them away. However the bulk of the liability is from taking from the modest past earned benefits of retirees and veteran workers and is totally unaffected by all this theater. ” – Marketwatch 12/3/2013
2 big myths about Illinois pension reform
www.marketwatch.comPoliticians are using the unions as whipping boys to take the heat off their own actions.
The following are running for election for Illinois 81st Representative District.
ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE CANDIDATE LIST
REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY EIGHTY-FIRST REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
KEITH R. MATUNE (R)
2033 CHICAGO AVENUE DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515
RON SANDACK (R). Voted for the pension theft bill.
4833 LINSCOTT AVENUE DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60515
LISA THOMAS (D)
6104 WESTGATE COURT WOODRIDGE, IL 60517
Choose wisely. Your future will depend on
2 big myths about Illinois pension reform
www.marketwatch.comPoliticians are using the unions as whipping boys to take the heat off their own actions.
Judges left out of Illinois pension reform plan – Quincy, IL News – QuincyJournal.com
quincyjournal.comThe nearly 1,000 retired judges earn an average annual pension of more than $112,000 while the average public employee retiree draws an average pension of about $40,000
Politics as usual in the State of Illinois.
Capitol Fax.com – Your Illinois News Radar » A bit of logrolling?
capitolfax.comAccording to one campaigner for the recently passed marriage equality bill, [House Speaker Michael Madigan] demanded support for his pension bill from the major sponsors of the bill as a price for bringing it to the floor.
Looting the Pension Funds: How Wall Street Robs Public Workers | Politics News | Rolling Stone
www.rollingstone.comAll across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers
