Nobody’s coming to the “tax the retiree” party but the IEA.
When Illinois Senate President John Cullerton floated the trial balloon yesterday, it got shot down pretty quick.
Capitol Fax reports that the idea of a tax on retiree benefits was not well received yesterday.
Ironically, two weeks ago the IEA Board of Directors voted to place it on the table for consideration at the urging of out-going IEA President Ken Swanson. This would require a change in the IEA legislative platform by the RA that is meeting Friday and Saturday.
It should be quite a discussion.
While the IEA leadership is willing to sit at the table on this, it appears the
