Ty Fahner and the scapegoating of public employees.
Glen Brown:
The scapegoating of public employees in Illinois began when greed and corruption, particularly flagrant in the financial sector, exploded into the Great Recession. This, of course, came after eight years of inordinate military spending for two costly wars, deregulation and unprecedented tax cuts for the wealthy by the federal government. This tsunami of debt contributed to every state’s budget deficits.A final question and answer for us to ponder: now who found it self-serving to confound the facts of the matter and shift the blame for the resultant economic