We built it.
“j” writes and asks, “I still want to see a list of projects that my pension money funded….”we built it list”….maybe I can get a share of revenue from these venues…Soldier Field Bear’s ticket revenue….or a cut of Michigan Avenue store sales after I funded the flowers in the median garden beds.”
Of course, “j” is being rhetorical.
Our pensions were used to pay for it it all.
Remember Representative Elaine Nekritz’s answer to a question at the community forum in Aurora? A teacher asked her about the General Assembly taking money out of the state public employee pension system’s to pay for the state’s expenses that couldn’t be paid for based on the current flat income tax combined with corporate
Of course, “j” is being rhetorical.
Our pensions were used to pay for it it all.
Remember Representative Elaine Nekritz’s answer to a question at the community forum in Aurora? A teacher asked her about the General Assembly taking money out of the state public employee pension system’s to pay for the state’s expenses that couldn’t be paid for based on the current flat income tax combined with corporate
Madigan to We Are One’s offer of a pension summit: “Drop dead.”
Michael T. Carrigan, PresidentAFL-CIO / We Are One Illinois
534 S. 2nd Street, Ste. 200
Springfield, IL 62701
Dear Mr. Carrigan:
I’d like to respond to your January 22, 2013 letter regarding the need to develop legislative solutions to address the underfunding of the state’s pension systems. Your interest in taking a more active role on this issue is welcome.
However, your suggestion of a meeting in Burr Ridge is not timely. A summit on this topic could have been
Bizarro World. Mike Madigan.
