A detailed look at the Tier 2 pension problem and Michael Madigan, by Mary Williams Walsh, a former New York Times reporter (who wasn't part of the cesspool there).
It’s a bitter pill to swallow knowing that ordinary citizens were duped into electing this corruption, and are now held hostage by a system that thwarts their every attempt to enact change. The burden will fall squarely on the shoulders of hardworking taxpayers, who will ultimately foot the bill for this betrayal of trust. It’s a dire situation, one that demands action and accountability but it may too late. The only step I can see is the state declaring bankruptcy.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Some pigs are more equal than others.
It’s a bitter pill to swallow knowing that ordinary citizens were duped into electing this corruption, and are now held hostage by a system that thwarts their every attempt to enact change. The burden will fall squarely on the shoulders of hardworking taxpayers, who will ultimately foot the bill for this betrayal of trust. It’s a dire situation, one that demands action and accountability but it may too late. The only step I can see is the state declaring bankruptcy.