Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Editors are smokin’ something. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Editors are smokin’ something. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Editors are smokin’ something.

You have to wonder if the editorial writers at the Belleville News-Democrat down near St. Louis sit around the office smokin’ a joint.

How else could you explain an editorial that says this on the one hand:

If a private business allowed its pension to be underfunded so badly, the responsible parties probably would be in jail.

And this on the other hand?

Future pension benefits have to be decreased for current employees, not just