- Jean Lachat/Sun-Times
- These two to continue to laugh last when it comes to pension reform.
To read the self-congratulatory remarks uttered by many of our most prominent elected officials, you’d think they really did something courageous yesterday, when the General Assembly passed Mayor Emanuel’s pension bill.
Our elected officials promised to make regular payments into the pension funds for cops, firefighters, teachers, etc.
As for the leaders who actually made the mistakes—how are they being held accountable? Well, let’s take it case by case, starting with . . .
Bruce Rauner—he’s the gazillionaire whose private investment firm made gazillions managing the Illinois teachers’ retirement system. Now he’s the Republican gubernatorial candidate who wants to cut, cut, cut retiree pensions. If geezer teachers have to take a cut, the least Rauner can do is return the money his firm made in the pension business.
