Illinois lawmakers want to kick taxpayers in the teeth with expensive pension sweetener bill – Wirepoints

Illinois lawmakers want to kick taxpayers in the teeth with expensive pension sweetener bill – Wirepoints

More pension sweeteners for government workers. Worth billions. That’s what some Illinois lawmakers want to squeeze into the state budget negotiations this week just as their session comes to an end. Sweetening pensions – lower retirement age, bigger pensions and bigger colas – is, of course, the exact opposite of what lawmakers should be doing.