No surprise that Illinois’ Tier 2 pension law being challenged in court given how it was passed – Wirepoints Quickpoint
The law was bulldozed through in 2010 by House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton in less than 12 hours with no analysis, debate or actuarial assessment.
There is no doubt that Fatboy will be a disaster for Illinois (not that Rauner is any better) and we will be taxed out of our homes. Went by a Fatboy office and in front of the door were stacks and stacks of expensive bottled water. He will have to raise taxes immediately to keep buying his staff expensive water and chocolates.
I’ve always said Rauner should write JB’s tax story for him: “If you’re middle class, can you afford an extra $500/$2,000/$5,000 in taxes on top of what you already spend today? Are you willing to sacrifice your retirement savings to support JB’s notions of grandeur? Are you wiling to be a mouse in a billionaire’s lab experiment?”
I think this is the correct strategy. If Pritz won’t (and he won’t) put forth details of the tax plan, then we should make assumptions about what that would have to be, and put it out there. If we’re wrong, then leave it to Pritz to correct the record.
I’m worse than just a plain old American liar. I am a Rooskie Bot liar. Jumbo Boy’s plan to tax Illinois into prosperity is the best thing that can happen — to IN, WI, MO, MI, FL, AZ, CO and of course Mother Russia.
He’s still going to be elected, and he’s still going to be a disastrous governor. If you aren’t trying to get out now (or at least move to Kenosha or NW Indiana), you should be.
Well, I -am- a liar, but it’s generally about how fat/old my friends look.
Also, I don’t live in Illinois. And certainly wouldn’t move there, given this info. It’s bad enough in NY and CT.
also, i -love- the Spanky gifs 🙂
Spanky? Come on. It’s JB. Gotta be. Spitting image.