Cut off federal aid to fix system

What in the world is going on? From the storm repair contractors trying to talk you into scamming the insurance companies for new siding or roofs, to the teacher administrators getting free lunches designed for the poor, for their own kids, to the former mayor of Chicago padding his pension by $50,000 a year by listing himself as a state employee, to the doctors scamming Medicare to the tune of billions, to food stamp recipients who don't need or deserve them, to teachers padding their pensions over the last few years of working, to union leaders buying lucrative contracts from the politicians, it seems just about everyone or anyone is scamming the system.

These people are no better than the petty thieves that rob or steal from the innocents. As a result, the state and cities are broke, and worse yet, as a result of being broke, criminals are not being charged, or are let out of prison early, essential services are not being met, people's lives are being risked so that state union retirees can bask is the sunshine of Florida.

It is about time we face facts, and the fact is too many people have corrupted the system. All state and federal aide should be cut off until we can devise a way to correct the problems, otherwise the innocent people will continue to be stolen from not only by the petty thieves but by those who run the corrupt system that they themselves have corrupted.

Martin J Uttich

Carol Stream