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Originally Posted by jpIllInoIs
All the above are possible but the income tax was not going to prevent that. Illinois needs a constitutional amendment to repeal the auto 3% raises on retirement payouts, increase state worker contributions to their own retirement and health care during employment and once retired. Im sure the list can go on forever but its the pensions that are the anchor to the state budget.
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I agree 100% with everything you said. Additionally:
- The state needs to consolidate the vast majority of municipal and county governments, especially outside of Chicagoland (but also in Chicagoland as well), in order to minimize redundancy as much as possible. There are WAAAYY too many local state units of government in Illinois.
- State funded pensions need to be privatized.
- Eliminate/consolidate half of wards in the City of Chicago - LA City Council has 15 members, why does Chicago need 50 wards?
- Chicago and Cook County governments need to merge and eliminate any overlap or redundancy. Eliminate or merge CPS into a unified county-level school district. A larger City of Chicago is not about population bragging rights, but more importantly it increases the amount of federal dollars that the City receives.
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