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The lies the one percenters tell about teacher pensions. « Fred Klonsky's blog

The lies the one percenters tell about teacher pensions. « Fred Klonsky's blog:

The lies the one percenters tell about teacher pensions.

Last week the media gave some space to a report from the Illinois Policy Institute, a right-wing corporate think tank, that claimed that 48 percent of teachers in the state have their pension contributions paid for by their local board.

The only people in the state of Illinois who have met their commitment to the state’s pension fund are the public