Prairie State Wire

OPINION: Chesney: Pension Reform is the 800-Pound Gorilla

By State Rep. Andrew Chesney (R–Freeport) | Oct 27, 2019

You cannot address budgetary reform in Illinois without addressing pension reform. You cannot address high property taxes in Illinois without addressing pension reform. You cannot understand the push by the tax-and-spend crowd to tax retirement income without understanding the need for pension reform. You see, pension reform is the 800-pound gorilla of state government dysfunction.