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President Obama. Your Democrats are going after teacher pensions in Illinois. « Fred Klonsky's blog

President Obama. Your Democrats are going after teacher pensions in Illinois. « Fred Klonsky's blog

President Obama. Your Democrats are going after teacher pensions in Illinois.

As NEA President Dennis Van Roekel prepares to get an endorsement for an Obama run for a second term, the leaders of Obama’s party in Illinois are ready to loot the state’s teacher pension system.

Democratic Speaker of the Illinois House Michael Madigan has teamed with GOP leader Tom Cross. Their immediate goal is to pass a three-tier pension system that would break a decades old promise to teachers and violate the state Constitution.

Their ultimate aim is to end public pensions in the state.

Their ultimatum to the teachers? If you don’t like it, tough. We’ll see you in court.

The game plan was hatched by the corporate honchos in the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of