Illinois governor signs pension overhaul into law

[CFLDem]

24. A bum could promise a million dollars

doesn't mean he'll pay up. Illinois is like that drunken bum who spent all his money on booze and crank. Anyone who expects anything from him is naïve at best and very special at worst.

If that doesn't work here's a better analogy. You go to work for Bernie Madoff who promises you a hefty salary for life.

As the years go by you hear rumors of how he's really running a ponzi scheme, but of course you don't believe them because how could those rumors be true if Bernie is still paying you?

So you live like rich uncle Bernie is going to pay you forever just like he promised and you aren't worried about your debts because "uncle Bernie promised".

One day you show up to work only to see Bernie being carted away by the Feds. And the rumors finally sink in when you realize rich uncle Bernie was really giving you the run around, too, and that any earned benefits from working with him are as worthless as the toilet paper they are written on.

IL is Bernie Madoff right now, and anyone who really believes Bernie Madoff is a sucker. The unions can claim "earned benefits, earned benefits" all they want but the fact is the vault is empty and IL people have cut them off.

IL could raise taxes, but that will just mean FL, IN, and TX will have more residents and companies leaving the poor stuck in the hood that IL is becoming.

-Teamster and recent IL resident CFLDem