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Thursday, April 19, 2012

ADOLF HITLER CURRENTLY MORE POPULAR THAN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ PENSIONS? « Teachers Fight Back

ADOLF HITLER CURRENTLY MORE POPULAR THAN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ PENSIONS? « Teachers Fight Back:


ADOLF HITLER CURRENTLY MORE POPULAR THAN PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ PENSIONS?

With no dissenting votes, the Illinois House proposed a constitutional amendment that would make it more difficult to increase pension benefits for public employees. The House voted 113-0 to adopt the amendment and send it to the Senate. If the Senate approves it, it will appear on the November ballot. The amendment requires that any legislation that enhances pension benefits for public employees must be approved by a three-fifths vote in the General Assembly.
Are you kidding me ?  Do you know how hard it is to get any legislative body to vote unanimously on ANYTHING?  You couldn’t get the Illinois House to vote unanimously to approve a statement saying that Adolf Hitler was a bad person.
Public employees, you better wake up and understand the image problem that you currently have when it comes to your pensions. Teachers, it doesn’t matter that the State stole from your pension fund and failed to fund it for many years. This is just the first step in what is going to be a series of maneuvers to attack public employees