re: #133 allegro

That’s why they’re in financial trouble? Not because of corporate welfare gimmes like infrastructure, sales tax waivers, state tax waivers, etc. given under the guise of “job creation” for jobs that never happen or minimum wage jobs that have to be supplemented with state welfare? Not because of multi-million dollar sports stadiums that primarily line team owner’s pockets at taxpayer expense?

Really?

Sports stadiums, yes, those can be a big issue. But what’s killing Illinois isn’t corporate giveaways, its an unsustainable pension system and Democrats in the state legislature who preferred to advance a gambling bill than to reform that pension system. And guess who’s helping to block that needed change? That’s right, its the public sector unions who would be one of the main beneficiaries of Obama’s bill!

So, we come to the heart of the matter: The bill Obama was pushing would saddle state and local governments with additional employees they can’t really afford in the long run and empower the government unions who are blocking desperately needed pension reforms. Those facts are the heart of why Obama’s idea is so foolish.