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IEA put the pension tax on the table. Two-tier rerun. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA put the pension tax on the table. Two-tier rerun. « Fred Klonsky's blog

IEA put the pension tax on the table. Two-tier rerun.

Have we seen this movie before?

Oh, yes we have.

At last year’s IEA RA, President Swanson and the leadership steamrolled a change in the legislative platform that would allow for the first time IEA lobbyists to discuss compromises to a two-tier pension system with the state’s legislators.

Seeing this as a green light, Boss Madigan passed the two-tier plan a few days after the RA.

Check this out.

Two weeks ago, Swanson steamrolled a change in the legislative platform that would allow for the first time IEA