Serve government for honor, not money
I see from a recent newspaper that the sister of the DuPage County Board chairman has a nice part-time job with the state, thanks to Gov. Quinn.
It is only $36,000 a year for a part-time job, and how fortunate for her that she was the only person having the right job qualifications — a brother in charge of a large county. Anyhow, I assume that she will make her six or seven meetings a year to collect her paycheck and get a state pension.
If people wanted pension reform, it could be done very easily. Who messed up the pension system anyhow? The cops, the firemen, the teachers, the daily state and city workers who actually have to go to work every day? I think not. Perhaps the politicians who can double and triple dip and collect Social Security should look in the mirror when it comes to pension “reform.”
How about this simple test for pensions? No part-time employee gets a pension. That would take care of state representatives, state senators, county board members, township trustees and who knows how many special hidden jobs for the politically connected. After all, every political candidates talk about the honor of serving the people, so do it for the honor not the money.
Jim Sather
Geneva