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
People can’t figure him out now because he’s no longer standing for anything at all. He’s been reduced to a pile of feathers, comfortable, don’t rock the boat, I didn’t win a single battle, they wore me out, I don’t give a damn, I give up, I didn’t know what I really stood for, I don’t care anymore, etc. Any one of these phrases is now as good as the next. Yes a rudderless boat.
Spot on. He has deferred to the mrs because “She’s a great gal and I love her and my head is spinning snyway.” That’s what it seems like! The problem with rich people (haha, God love ‘em, tho!) is that they need a cause to feel fulfilled, busywork to “pay” for their blessings / good fortune. But they are insulated and many have a rather lazy, narrow, unchanging vision of their “lessers.” This is not 1900s Hull House. Mrs R is not Jane Addams. Things are different, made much worse by government do-gooder interference. Mrs R seems to feel that… Read more »
Ooh, you’re good!
Yes!
Great comment Kathy. It’s beyond me why folks like Mrs. R can’t or won’t recognize the ruinous trajectory we are on. She’s smart, as are most of my liberal friends, but their inability to see the obvious is a mystery to me. The only “argument” they offer when confronted with facts is “shut up.” That’s why I’m convinced that nothing will change in this state until we experience complete economic collapse.