Article posted: 10/13/2012 8:00 AM

Pierog, Oberweis agree on combining treasurer, comptroller

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Jim Oberweis, left, opposes Corrine Pierog in the 25th senate district for the 2012 General Election.

Corinne Pierog

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Asked about specific budget cuts he would make, Republican Jim Oberweis offered an idea that has been proposed in several states, and was once successful in Illinois: Cut the size of the legislature. Democrat Corrine Pierog suggests money could be brought in by taxing state workers’ pension incomes, at graduated rates. She also believes money could be found in pension reform, but is leery of shifting the burden for school pensions to school districts and colleges without giving them total control.