Illinois state payroll database
From Illinois Review:
Illinois Policy Institute rolled out a website called www.IllinoisOpenGov.org that should provide some interesting material for investigative citizen journalists in the coming days. Just for fun, we went into the “payroll” section of the new online data base and entered the name “Smith” and pulled up all the “Smiths” getting a check from Illinois — or should we say Illinois taxpayers?
It was fascinating to see how many different pensions various retirees are getting — or they just happened to have the same name, have worked in the same agency, and are drawing duplicate pensions, some equaling more than $100,000 a year. That’s just after a quick glance.
You’ve got a state payroll database, a teacher salary database, should county and city salary databases be coming online soon?
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Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
And what’s your point? I searched the same database and found quite a few people with the same names too. Gee, whats the chance of two people named Barbara Smith or Betty Smith retired from the state receiving a pension?? How bout delving a little deeper shall we? Look at how many people with the same name of Smith are receiving a salary from the state: Brian Smith, Brenda Smith, Brett Smith. They must all be double dipping! And let’s look at good old David Smith. He’s racking up the salaries and pensions isn’t he? Poor guy has at least 6 jobs.
Sarcasm aside, are you trying to stir the pot? Do state workers not deserve a pension? Furthermore, did you do any research to determine the percentage of state workers who actually receive a pension over $100,000? I did. It’s less than 1%. When you get a chance look up what the average state retiree is bringing home. Some are barely getting by. Also, a full 3/4 of state retirees get no Social security because they receive a pension.
The problem with the pension system, and I know that’s where you were heading, is the legislature’s refusal to fund it the last 20 years. Now with the accrued interest on those funds it’s created a budget breaking problem. It’s not all those “$100,000″ pensions.