Retirement Heist: Illinois Style
Retirees and active teachers, along with many other public employees, are being scammed, pillage, ripped-off and betrayed. The script of this cruel Kabuki Theater of Absurd Greed has been performed, word-for-word, many times before. The 2011 nonfiction book by Ellen E. Schultz, Retirement Heist, has been plentifully awarded and updated.
Jon Stewart has had Ellen Schultz on as a guest to discuss the book. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have run articles and reviews about the book. Politicians and union leaders are aware of this. We, too, need to be aware.
So the first thing that is important is to realize that the retirement heist has no Illinois style. Pension theft in Illinois simply has puppets with Illinois legislative names and union names mouthing the words and following the steps.Pages 214-215: “In the public sector, the carnage is being borne by the employees and by