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2018-04-04 Economy

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-04 02:14|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 Enact a constitutional amendment capping all state government pensions in all compensation forms to that of the average state taxpayers' income.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-04 07:47|| 2018-04-04 07:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Pension Tsunami. Illinois makes the frequent flier criteria

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-04 08:51|| 2018-04-04 08:51|| Front Page Top

#3 Really, some states need to bottom out, die and be parted out to the states around them. In each dead state, the urban area that was the prime cause of the death needs to be emptied, flattened and made into park land.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-04 09:59|| 2018-04-04 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 If Federated Investors does not want to leave Pissburgh, liquidate it pour encourage les autres...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-04 10:01|| 2018-04-04 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 My local jurisdiction pushed all new hires into 401K in 2012. We having trouble retaining new staff once they get trained - they move on. We can't pay enough to compete with private

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-04 10:10|| 2018-04-04 10:10|| Front Page Top

#6 Not whining, BTW, it's just a fact

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-04 10:10|| 2018-04-04 10:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Gummint always complains it cant hire good help. When all the affirmative action and diversity bullshit is a applied, I wonder why. "I came for the pension package that the private sector has not offered for 15 years." OK...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-04 10:16|| 2018-04-04 10:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Filling out marriage licenses and sewage permits isn't even AI territory.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-04 10:20|| 2018-04-04 10:20|| Front Page Top

#9 I'm talking Engineers

Posted by Frank G 2018-04-04 10:20|| 2018-04-04 10:20|| Front Page Top

#10 Sorry, I misestimated. Shouldn't that stuff be contracted out?

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-04 10:24|| 2018-04-04 10:24|| Front Page Top

#11 We can't pay enough to compete with private Two solutions come to mind (1) pay more (2) do without the services provided. Either way, the electorate will be much better off for not making financial promises they cannot keep.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-04-04 10:57|| 2018-04-04 10:57|| Front Page Top

#12 m murcek

what do you have against Federated Investors?

It seems to me a good company. They manage hundreds, maybe thousands, of money market funds with a very small fee.

Posted by lord garth 2018-04-04 11:32|| 2018-04-04 11:32|| Front Page Top

#13 Is it worth saving?

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-04 12:01|| 2018-04-04 12:01|| Front Page Top

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