Suicide ain't painless-----Playing us for chumps on public union pension reform

Playing us for chumps on pension reform and mandatory minimum sentences - Chicago Sun-Times:
"We have felt like chumps before.
We’re feeling like chumps again.
All summer and early fall we kept hearing that a 10-member legislative pension committee was on its way toward a fair and workable resolution.
We dared to believe that was true.
But committee members, and the four legislative leaders brought in last month for a final push, can’t get a deal done."