How is that possible? That is roughly 1% of the total population of Illinois! The highest paid governor (NY) in the United States makes only $225,000 per year (see my blog post). Looks like an egregious waste of taxpayers money to me! Illinois appears to be a public employees paradise thanks to this fiscal largesse!
"Here are just a few of our findings:
- 40,000 K-12 educators made $100,000+ and only 24,500 are still working. The rest are retired on a six-figure lifetime pension.
- 171 town managers out earn Governor J.B. Pritzker ($181,000).
- Former Governor, Jim Edgar, moved into pension palace — last year Edgar double dipped two state retirement pensions and a part-time salary at the University of Illinois for total payout of $329,000!"
"... Barbers at State Corrections trimmed off $115,000; janitors at the State Toll Highway Authority cleaned up $123,000; bus drivers in Chicago made $174,000; line workers on the Chicago Transit Authority earned $222,278; community college presidents made $418,677; university doctors earned up to $2 million ..."
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