I interviewed a Chicago Public School teacher who was attending a hearing in Springfield, IL about their pensions. That teacher’s solution was very simple and immediate: Raise taxes. Raise taxes high and raise them now. Raise them without the voters’ consent by court decree if need be. (Not understanding that that isn’t legal...I hope she wasn’t a civics teacher). When asked about what she would do about people who are on fixed incomes and can’t afford the kind of tax increases needed to erase that deficit, her answer was equally as specific and immediate: “They they just hafta move. Give me my money”.
Also included in her commentary was, “I worked like a SLAVE for 40 years...”
Oh, that’s right...SLAVES had 14 paid holidays a year, every weekend off, heavily subsidized health care coverage, paid vacations, pensions.....
She said she “worked like a slave”! Better call Martin Basheere to tell her what’s going to happen to her for saying the word s-l-a-v-e.