Illinois

I am not a state employee..have no relatives that are...but seriously...wtf?

These people we want to bleed are the ones that taught my four kids for 12 years. They did a good enough job, all my kids are successful adults.

These people are the ones that protect my house, "arrested" (lol) my dog and brought him home when they caught him off the property.

These are the people who change the street lights in my town, plow the roads, will fight a fire if I have one.

I need someone to explain to me why we shouldn't all pay a few more bucks a year so these friends and neighbors who've spent a lifetime serving us can retire in dignity with the pension deal we all agreed to.

Pensions cost money. A deal is a deal. The arrogance of a guy like Eric Zorn for seeking an extraction of EARNED RETIREMENT BENEFITS from regular people is just appalling. Even smarmier is using his column at the Tribune to do it...what a joke he is...