Illinois bill Amendment 1 is what the Democrats would define as democracy. It is a travesty of a combination of oligarchy, totalitarianism, and the worst of Socialism.
Simply put, Amendment 1 makes it impossible for any reason to reduce the benefits of public employees and public union members. This means their now extremely generous retirement and benefit packages can never be lessened, only increased. If the state's tax system can't support that as it is, then taxes will virtually and automatically be increased on residents across the board until they can cover the costs.
It makes public pension plans unaccountable and unaffordable. Since layoffs are incredibly difficult to do, what the state would be forced into doing is simply not hiring to eventually reduce the workforce in the face of unaffordable pension costs.
It is a disaster in the making that will certainly cause many rich people and corporations to flee Illinois if it passes.
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This sort of shit is common in Europe. Greece's economy is tanked because of similar rules.
