Dear Fellow Retirees,
"While it's almost Christmas Eve
with "Good Will to Men" ringing in our ears, a friend of ours has
proclaimed himself ‘watchdog’ or hate monger, depending on whom you talk to.
"Since I did not solicit enough votes, I
was not selected as a delegate to the IEA-Retired convention. I still
support free speech.
"The truth is the WE ARE One
coalition of union leaders were willing to compromise on what some of us
considered our constitutional rights.
"As it turned out it appears as if
the Illinois Constitution will be fully supported by our courts, and our cost
of living raises (COLA) and other parts of out pensions will not be diminished.
"My colleagues and I argue that once
we conceded to the legislators to diminish any part of our pensions,
they could whittle away even more and more at succeeding legislative sessions,
and there would be nothing we could do.
"Who said our retirements were going
to be less stressful than our days in a classroom?
"A blessed Christmas to you and
yours,"
Merry Richie
Again, I feel the same way.
ReplyDeleteAs Ellen Schultz explained in her 2011 book, Retirement Heist, corporations have successfully used the giving of a voluntary "shared sacrifice" amount to "save" a pension fund and show good will on the part of employees erases old agreements and opens the door to total pillage for the corporate raiders who steal pensions for their personal profit. Schultz even warns that public funds will be next.
ReplyDeleteYou, Klonsky, Tucker, Brown and Dillen are being demonized by an old rah-rah who no longer has the ability to accept anything he feels challenges his unfounded beliefs.