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By Bill Zettler Top 100 average $114,000 for only 28 years work. One of the state pension systems we don’t talk about much is SURS (State University Retirement System). SURS is the system with…
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By John Biver In case you missed this story from the Bloomington Pantagraph, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady is “is taking heat from a teachers union over suggestions that school districts could consider foregoing…
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By John Biver Continuing with our review of Bill Zettler's one-man-think-tank efforts on pension reform – I want to make a few very basic points first. Bill has diagnosed and prescribed the cure…
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Editor's note: The more that you learn about the State of Illinois' employee pension mess, the more you might be tempted to think there is no solution. That thought would be in error,…
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By Bill Zettler Wisconsin: Top Teacher Salary $89K Less Than Illinois Top Teacher, Top Superintendent $170K Less. If Illinois wants a model of how to run a public school system for a reasonable cost…
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Why does Quinn want to raise taxes to make teachers millionaires? If we needed any more evidence that the Illinois public school system is of the teachers, by the teachers and for the teachers…
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As Illinois taxpayers face the impossible task of how to pay at least $250 billion worth of pension taxes over the next 25 years, the question arises: how did we get to this point?…
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By Bill Zettler Just because you read it in the papers doesn’t mean it’s true. Click to read the entire series. There are many supporters of the current pension system including union members,…
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By Bill Zettler Excess public salaries are the main driver of pension deficits. The dirty little secret of pension funding problems is the huge salaries public employees earn compared to their peers in the…
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By Bill Zettler Help the needy or help the greedy? Illinois Dept. of Human Services (DHS) recently announced some planned cuts: DHS to cut $150 million, expected to affect 178,000 children and adults Dept….
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To Avoid Financial Armageddon Salaries, Pensions and Benefits Must Come Down. The city of Des Plaines has some very expensive part-time employees working at CCSD District 62 including a second grade teacher who makes…
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Prepared By Bill Zettler Bill Zettler is a free-lance writer and consultant specializing in public sector compensation. He can be contacted at this email address. Click here to read more by Mr. Zettler.
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How to Save $5 billion in 2011 in Pension and Health Care Costs. Ninety-five percent of Illinois workers are not eligible for the gold-plated state pensions and health care benefits available to K-12…
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By Bill Zettler Public Sector Pay & Benefits Soar While Private Sector Languishes. It is becoming more obvious every day that government spending for public employee compensation is well beyond what is available in…
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[ See chart below: Teacher Union Political Contributions Greater than $100,000. ] Unions Give Politicians $10’s of Millions in Contributions, Politicians Give Union Members $10’s of Billions in Compensation. If A Golden Apple Award…
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