Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about the details of Gov. Pritzker’s proposed $52 billion budget, why the state is struggling now that federal covid dollars have run out, the controversy surrounding Tier 2 government pensions, why Illinois’ expensive education system fails to teach children to read, the outrageous demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, and more.
These and higher pensions are what many retired school superintendents get and can still collect a paycheck (double dipping) from another district if they chose to. This is now (thanks to former Gov Walker) illegal in Wisconsin but just under 8,000 retirees are still grandfathered in. Pensions should be suspended if they decide to work again and nowhere as lucrative as they are all on taxpayers backs.