Good one.
Anyone with their hands in my pocket I call honey or thief. And I’m not calling Mike honey.

Anyone I’m paying the salary of should call me boss. And I’ll call them whatever I please. I earned it. I’m entitled; given it’s my money.

I call him Tax Hike Mike, seeing how he earned THAT.

The top pensioner in the State of Illinois system makes $350,000 per year, and there are public school teachers making well over $200,000 per year.

http://www.championnews.net/article.php?sid=1103

And of course it’s the public sector in general, not just those who work for state government who have luxurious pensions. In fact, I’m aware of a City of Elgin employee who retired because his pension incentivized that. It was more lucrative for him, he said, to retire, take his pension and get another job as a consultant. In his own words, it was a deal he could not refuse.

While we hear about this at the state level, we should be aware that it’s also happening at the city level, and something needs to be done about that. The retirement age needs to be raised, the pensions capped, etc. They need to look into all the options, and I hope this new council does that.

Eliminate pensions for all state employees. I have heard the argument that state employees are not eligible for social securtiy, fine. If the state finds that it needs to pay higher salaries to workers to attract talent, fine. It would still be cheaper than the costs of pensions.

It is wrong for someone making more money to be taxed higher just because they worked harder then someone else. The income tax should be abolished in the first place. Why should the government get its pound of flesh even before I get the money that I worker for! I support the idea of a national sales tax. Check out the book by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder “The Fair Tax Book”

I believe the State is now setting up a task force to give recommendations on reforming the Pension system. You can bet they will be advising cuts rather than increases. I would guess the new hires will be affected mostly.

At what age are you allowed to retire and draw your pension?

I take great issue with your version of events. I was the one that had to pick up all the brochures he left lying around the building. I was the one who argued with him for several minutes (without any profanity) to leave the polling area. After he wouldn’t budge, we had to call the police. He did visit inside the building, but he then stuck around and insisted on greeting voters outside the front door. There is an “electioneering free zone” around the polling area, which he did not understand or comply with. We put up signs and tape to indicate where that zone is.

I did not hear any election judge use crude language with Mr. Noland. Perhaps that happened outside while I was attending the voters.

Second, we certainly did not threaten any latinos that night nor did we comment about illegal immigrants. Did you really “see” all that during your 5 minutes of voting? I was there for over 12 hours!

As for his title, you’re right that I should use it. However, I’m still mad at him for his behavior so I won’t.