A shrinking student population and a big fat teachers union contract in a state that dramatically raised taxes and is broke. What could possibly go wrong?
Thanks for making me laugh, because I have been in a bad mood for a long time! Here in Springfield, retired state employee acquaintances who have retired before age 60, are grousing about the possibility of having to pay more for their state retirement health care. I used to ascribe to the tenet that if a state worker was promised something, the state should fulfill that requirement. After living down here for a few years, I realize that these workers a) knew that they had a unsustainable deal and b) that they should have planned for it. Morons.