[A_Former_Democrat]

It’s about the “very soul” of their wallets

Every urban public education district in the Nation is an absolute disaster. These people are the selfish 1%, the 99% students are the victims

[TurboZamboni]

82,981 of 132,502 Illinois Teachers Pay Nothing or Little into Their Pensions
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2701628/posts

Illinois’ credit rating downgraded after pension reform failure
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924499/posts

Pension gap divides public and private workers (2007 article but timely)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-02-20-pensions-cover_x.htm
You can bet the politicians will be looking for ways to steal the 401k savings of the non-government retirees to fund the bloated benefits of the government retirees. The former group has nobody to defend them. The latter has politicians and unions feeding at the trough.

[Just mythoughts]

Sooo what is really going on here? Liberals on strike against the children? Who is going to fix this crisis? Mechell, Rahm, or bjClinton? The liberals have many players that could ‘save’ this and pacify these greedy do nothings and get out that vote.