As an ex-Chicagoan, I recall Greg Hinz as an “alternative lifestyle” liberal who does a pretty good job at convincing “moderates” that he is being fair. He’s not. He’s a dedicated leftist.
The public workers of Illinois are stealing. Its nothing but fraud. And there are many people who have good jobs that are establishing residency in Indiana and Wisconsin. Illinois is going down and it will not take too long. Within 5 years the debt will be so large that no amount of taxes will solve the problem.
Illinois should take the hit and convert everyone to only a 401K plan now. If that is unaffordable, they should hit every state employee’s (exempting those already retired) pension whether they’re retiring in 5 years or 40 years.