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A Paul Ryan Budget for Illinois? Be in Springfield Friday morning at 10:30 to say, “Keep your promises to state retiree pensions.” « Fred Klonsky

A Paul Ryan Budget for Illinois? Be in Springfield Friday morning at 10:30 to say, “Keep your promises to state retiree pensions.” « Fred Klonsky:


A Paul Ryan Budget for Illinois? Be in Springfield Friday morning at 10:30 to say, “Keep your promises to state retiree pensions.”


Democrats attack the Paul Ryan Budget. Then propose one for Illinois.
How ironic.
Now that Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his enabler, the Democrats are making much of the Paul Ryan Budget which proposes deep cuts, if not elimination, to Medicare.
But Democrats in Springfield want to do the same thing to seniors’ health care in Illinois.
HB1447 would force state employees to choose between a small yearly cost of living adjustment or continuing to