Holy cow! A newspaper tells the truth about state pensions. Stop the presses! « Fred Klonsky

Holy cow! A newspaper tells the truth about state pensions. Stop the presses! « Fred Klonsky:

Illinois taxes a housekeeper at the Hyatt Hotel at the same rate it taxes Penny Pritzker who owns the hotel. Want to know why the state can’t fund its pensions?

by Fred Klonsky

Holy cow! A newspaper tells the truth about state pensions. Stop the presses!

by Fred Klonsky

 Most robbery victims would sympathize with other people about to be held up, but right-wing media and wrong-headed legislators have created scapegoats to cover their own failures. Bill Fletcher, Jr., author of “They’re Bankrupting Us!” and 20 Other Myths about Unions, explained the disconnect: “What the right wing has managed to do is get workers who have been crushed angry at 

Ten minute drawing.

by Fred Klonsky