but, of course, its "for the children"....
I would love to see these pensions paid out to the state "workers" only if they live in that state, the hell holes they've created...
You are spot on. And with all due respect, have these good folks been voting for the party of corruption? Democrats and the teacher’s union have robbed the peasants blind while these same peasants stood misty-eyed as they were told that it’s for the children and voted for these thieves.
I was wondering if anyone would point out the “....because” part of this story. Property taxes have skyrocketed because both the state and the cities are upside down to the tune of billions of dollars owed to those grafting public employee unions. Hard as the pols might try to suck that extra money out of the Illinois taxpayer, they’ll never get out of the hole on this because they’re driving taxpayers out - less taxpayers = a higher tax bill for the individuals who remain. Chicago homeowners were hit with something over a 30% increase in their property taxes last year for this very reason. Recently, Rahmbo has extended the extortion to a ridiculous increase in the city’s water rates to help pay the pension bill. He’s not just going after property owners, now. Every citizen pays a water bill - except the homeless, of course. This house of cards is very close to complete collapse, but no one seems willing or able to make the public employee unions share any of the pain from a piss poor Obana economy and Wall Street’s plunder of pension funds through market manipulation.
Yup! Just another reason I loathe government indoctrination centers - aka - government schools. It’s a freakin’ racket.
If you can’t afford to pay for your kid’s education - you can’t afford kids.
Simple, huh?