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Illinois

GitRDun

(1,846 posts)

5. I don't blame you

Reply to ColesCountyDem (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 07:01 PM

Sep 2015

If a business partner came to me and said he wanted to renegotiate our deal I would ask...well...why?

If his answer was, "Well I need it to cover my costs, and while I could charge others more to cover those costs...I thought I would come to you first... "

I would laugh him out the door.

That's the problem with most politicians....no character to live up to deals they've already agreed to.

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Illinois will not appeal high court ruling on pension reform [View all] Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 OP

How about this fix? GitRDun Sep 2015 #1

Even normally progressive Eric Zorn is coming up with 'bleed the pensioners' plans now: Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #2

I for one am sick of this crap. GitRDun Sep 2015 #3

"... the pension deal we all agreed to...." ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #4

I don't blame you GitRDun Sep 2015 #5

And the GOP is trying to pretend that they had nothing to do with the crisis. ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #6

Yup GitRDun Sep 2015 #7

Exactly! ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #8

Nice discussion GitRDun Sep 2015 #9

And a fellow Democrat. ColesCountyDem Sep 2015 #10

Thompson and Edgar (both repub governors) accelerated the problem rather than addressing it. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #11