tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post5029080268017530117..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: Tom Cross’ Letter in the Chicago Tribune, April 7, 2013: Political Opportunism gbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-40934499125899913102013-04-18T10:37:16.813-05:002013-04-18T10:37:16.813-05:00Cross says that “Pension reform must be comprehens...Cross says that “Pension reform must be comprehensive and restore sensibility to a process that now forces us to put retirement pay ahead of ..., seniors and the needy." Doesn't he realize that if we're retired, we ARE seniors? Also by his and others' proposed actions, in no time we will also be the needy! What all these myopic proposals are going to do in time is create a large underclass of individuals who will not be able to contribute positively to IL's economy and will create more economic havoc and uncertainty.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04210751083760560923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-56582240150452278602013-04-08T09:04:26.522-05:002013-04-08T09:04:26.522-05:00Once again, Cross and the others would solve the s...Once again, Cross and the others would solve the state's self-made financial morass by redirecting $billions from the contractually promised for their own purposes. The past is prologue. Just add a dash of hand=wringing necessity, certainly not morality or legality. <br />Thanks for the honest response, Glen.<br /> John Dillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516552420300264491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-24216809739179723342013-04-08T06:44:45.121-05:002013-04-08T06:44:45.121-05:00He is mine as well. In the call he gave me, the m...He is mine as well. In the call he gave me, the most I gleaned was that "I know it [the bills trying to pass] is not fair." I would gladly vote for a bum off the streets instead of him.MKienzynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10656055524481241661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-63273771581353440502013-04-07T21:10:54.086-05:002013-04-07T21:10:54.086-05:00Glen, you are an outstanding individual with a gif...Glen, you are an outstanding individual with a gift of clarity.sighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021143333058751842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-52548228680206337002013-04-07T21:10:05.586-05:002013-04-07T21:10:05.586-05:00Tom Cross is my state representative. I will never...Tom Cross is my state representative. I will never forget his phone call to me last summer; he promised retirees' pensions would not be affected by whatever solution to the pension crisis would be reached. I gather he does not feel retired teachers to be among the "seniors" of whom he speaks. Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03354619377245004707noreply@blogger.com