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State Rep. Tom Morrison (R-Palatine) recommended including pension reform in the 2022 Fiscal Year budget plan.
Morrison said that time and again this is what his constituents are asking for to be addressed.
“Once again we failed to hear any real and meaningful pension reform from the governor,” he said. “What I heard again and again from my constituents and those who brought up the issue of the graduated income tax was that Illinois shouldn’t even consider any tax increases.”
“So, we need to continue to push for pension reform,” Morrison continued, and has further asked the governor to do his duty resolving necessary budgetary problems.
“The Governor and the legislature as a whole, is not doing its duty if it ignores real and meaningful pension reform this year,” he said in a statement.
Morrison added that the governor should have used his address to see the real situation and “level with the people of Illinois about these unsustainable statewide pension systems that will demand around $10 billion this year – nearly a quarter of the state’s overall budget.”
“It is increasingly difficult to adequately fund human services, education, transportation, and public safety funding needs when we fail to address this growing problem.”
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