Cut salaries for public employees

President Obama is out to raise taxes. The state of Illinois is raising taxes. Soon, it appears, our local taxing bodies will want to raise taxes to pay for all the unfunded liabilities in this state. What about cutting the salaries of all tax-funded employees? Maybe 5 percent and then reduce the retired pensions by 5 percent?

The most anyone can make on Social Security is around $22,000 a year, no matter what you made in your life time, an average retirement pension in Illinois is close to $44,000 and you don’t have to wait until 70 to get your maximum amount.

And, if you are one of those rich folks just begging for tax hikes, send an extra check every year — leave the rest of us alone. Ask anyone who has been laid off or has lost a private sector job. They would love to have that public job at 5 percent less or retire at $40,000 instead of $44,000. This makes more sense than running companies out of Illinois and going broke. And by the way, why doesn’t the Daily Herald check this out and give us the stats?

Patricia Milici

Mount Prospect