tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post5444113053334915762..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: Dear Conference Committee Members: Illinois pension reform is discriminatorygbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-25076143754757103522013-07-01T16:31:27.153-05:002013-07-01T16:31:27.153-05:00The State of Illinois needs to fix their mistakes ...The State of Illinois needs to fix their mistakes and not force the victims to become victims again. How many times can you steal from the same employee. Johnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09907560831171409542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-73100772563397179072013-07-01T15:34:37.160-05:002013-07-01T15:34:37.160-05:00Ellen Schultz the author of "Retirement Heist...Ellen Schultz the author of "Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers" 2011, wrote that in many places public employees are beginning to look like the victims of witch hunting. Companies used accounting tricks and deception to steal from their employees. And now the legislature in Illinois is trying to steal from pensioners; break their contract with the state. It breaks the moral intergenerational compact. It started with corporations and now the stealing is from public employees. It is immoral. It is wrong. It is illegal. And it feels as if we are victims of witch hunting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893420316878343004noreply@blogger.com