State doesn’t need redundant positions

On June 18, Gov. Quinn signed Senate Bill 179, which created the position of a State Actuary to oversee the five state-funded pension systems. In essence, this position is an actuary of the actuaries (e.g., department of redundancy department). To me, this seems like more government waste.

For one, it creates another government position with a benefits package that includes things such as a salary and a pension that will be paid for by our almost insolvent state of Illinois.

Second, why is something like this required when each of these pension systems already has actuarial staff? If that actuarial staff is not performing, then why not just replace those that are underperforming rather than create a new position?

Private enterprise replaces underperforming staff all the time and it seems to work for them, so why not the state?

Ken Fron

North Aurora