Pritzker Is Personally Subsidizing The Wrong Salaries – Quicktake

Campaign and communication operatives aren't what Illinois needs.
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NB-Chicago
5 years ago

Would be to rich if $ from jbs personel fortune use to pay staffers could be linked directly or indirectly to his billions in off shore tax sheltered trusts

Buh-Bye
5 years ago

It’s telling that Fatass wants to pay people money out of his own pocket and he chooses to supplement the salaries of the rich but not the poor

Buh-Bye
5 years ago

Will their pensions be calculated on the money fatass is paying them?

nixit
5 years ago

The problem is these top staffers were spoiled by their campaign salaries. JB paid Budzinski $15,000/mo for consulting. Before that, she made $200K working for UFCW before she went to work for Hillary, who paid her God knows how much. Caprara made over $17,000/mo working for JB’s campaign. When attracting top talent, one of the questions to ask is where else are these people going to go? Is there a $174,00/year market (the salary Bittner will be paid) for a former CPS communications person? Is Abudayyeh being courted to anchor the news desk at TV stations in other podunk midwestern… Read more »

Illinois Entrepreneur
5 years ago

300 grand to be an assistant to a second-tier state governor? I see that he’s trying to compete with the 500 grand-a-year principals and school administrators. I really, REALLY made a mistake opting for the private sector. I’m watching the 14,000+ Chicago employees that are getting paid six figures, and then I see these goodies in the news. Man, I can get virtually unlimited job security, a 35 hour work week, zero stress and gold plated healthcare and a ridiculous pension to boot! It appears to me that the real money is in the public sector — whether you are… Read more »

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