Tag: pension

CNN
— As more Americans fail drug tests, employers turn to refugees – Dan Lieberman and Matt Gannon  (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, pot pushers will turn refugees into stoners.)
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/27/us/refugees-jobs-drug-testing/

WGN TV
— Roskam opens up about healthcare failure, future Republican agenda – TAHMAN BRADLEY
http://wgntv.com/2017/03/26/illinois-congressman-opens-up-about-health-care-failure-future-republican-agenda/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After Midway deal, restaurateurs gave big to Rahm – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/mihalopoulos-airport-concessionaires-gifts-to-rahm-not-peanuts/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— No more limits on campaign cash donations in governor’s race – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-governor-campaign-contributions-met-story.html
— Trump shifts blame for health care collapse to far right – John Wagner (DIERSEN: Are you far-right?  Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being far-right promote dependency on government and on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, abortion, booze, pot, gambling and other vices, race and gender based preference giving, age discrimination, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, weakening of the First and Second Amendments, and even worse things.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-gop-health-care-20170326-story.html
— New hire checklist – Emily Richett  (DIERSEN: New federal employees should be advised that they will be viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned because they are federal employees, and especially if they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. New federal employees should be advised that they will be expected to help their superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  New federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($94,610) by age 25, GS-14 ($111,801) by age 30, GS-15 ($131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($161,900) by age 40.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170327/281852938401769
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Some of the youngest opioid victims are curious toddlers – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–opioids-youngest-victims-20170323-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Skilled immigrants often struggle to put degrees, credentials to use in U.S. – Alison Bowen and Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz  (DIERSEN: Because of Democrats and because of RINOs, I have always struggled to put my “degrees, credentials to use.” I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-merit-immigration-brain-waste-20170326-story.html
— TRAGIC: Dry no more: Kenilworth, one of last no-liquor holdouts, lifts sales ban – Kate Thayer and Kathy Routliffe
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-kenilworth-liquor-laws-dry-suburb-met-20170326-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps push Jews to unite with Muslims to get rid of Christians.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-muslim-jewish-alliances-met-20170325-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps insult Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-ivanka-job-description-glanton-20170324-column.html
— FRONT PAGE: Wife of cop charged in Laquan McDonald killing says sheriff yanked job offer – Christy Gutowski  (DIERSEN: Have you ever had a job offer withdrawn that you had accepted?  In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I have accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That withdrawal directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-jason-van-dyke-wife-sheriff-job-met-20170325-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OD FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: BEYOND TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: More and more and more people depend on food pantries.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170327/news/170329023/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Congresspeople, please set politics aside on judicial and Justice nominees – GREG HINZ  (DIERSEN: Democrats only want those who can and will defend and advance the Democrat Party platform.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170324/ISSUE05/170329893

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Many older adults worse off under GOP health plan – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: How much of a problem has health care insurance been for you?  For me, it has not been a problem because I had Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) insurance when I was a federal employee and my wife and I continue to have FEHB insurance because I am federal retiree.  We pay $5,763 a year and the federal government pays $17,288 a year for our health, dental, and vision insurance.  I addition, we are both covered my Medicare. Together, we pay $2,731 a year for that.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170326/analysis-many-older-adults-worse-off-under-gop-health-plan
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kevin Beeson says he was happy but not surprised Friday when Republican congressmen indefinitely postponed a vote on the American Health Care Act. “They don’t have an adequate plan,” said Beeson, 53, an unemployed former instructor at the University of Illinois Springfield. Beeson, who has Type 2 diabetes, said he values his Health Alliance insurance policy, which he obtained through Illinois’ health insurance exchange with federal subsidies to reduce the monthly premium to $116.)

CHICAGO WIRE
— $999 million out, $90 million in: Chicago pension funds see the abyss, shrug it off
http://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511097676-999-million-out-90-million-in-chicago-pension-funds-see-the-abyss-shrug-it-off

LCN TV NETWORKS
— VIDEO CLIP: Citizen Kelly cuts the ribbon on LCN TV Networks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2z7lAhBFxE

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Legislative pay an easy target for opinion writers – Dan McCaleb
http://ilnews.org/opinion/mccaleb-legislative-pay-an-easy-target-for-opinion-writers/article_4dd047da-122e-11e7-9a9a-cfdc287002ab.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OP-ED: “CLEAN SLATE 2.0” IS COD CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY’S PICK FOR APRIL 4TH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/03/cod-board-chairman-mazzochi-and-secretary-napolitano-recommend-clean-slate-20-in-upcoming-election.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow over their success in pushing pot.  If you promote pot in Illinois, you promote the destruction of Illinois.  If you want to destroy a country, you encourage its citizens to smoke pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/27/poll-66-percent-of-illinoisans-support-legalization-of-marijuana/
— Sen. Bill Brady hit with fake news robocall
https://capitolfax.com/2017/03/27/sen-bill-brady-hit-with-fake-news-robocall/

DAILY CALLER
— With Trump’s Executive Orders Held Up In Court Over 8,400 Refugees Have Come To The U.S. – Alex Pfeiffer  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at these refugees and at everyone else that Republicans are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Democrats turn refugees into “good little Democrats” just like Democrat teachers in America turn their students into “good little Democrats.”)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/26/with-trumps-executive-orders-held-up-in-court-over-8400-refugees-have-come-to-the-u-s/
— Private Contractors Force Feed Refugees To States That Quit The Program – Jim Simpson
http://dailycaller.com/2017/03/26/private-contractors-force-feed-refugees-to-states-that-quit-the-program/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hamutal Bernstein from the Urban Institute promotes bringing refugees to America.  Democrats shout at these refugees and at everyone else that Republicans are haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  Democrats turn refugees into “good little Democrats” just like Democrat teachers in America turn their students into “good little Democrats.”
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/refugees-to-us-are-not-like-migrants-to-europe/article/2618223

NEW YORK TIMES
— Brands Try to Blacklist Breitbart, but Ads Slip Through Anyway – SAPNA MAHESHWARI  (DIERSEN: Who/what do you blacklist? The many individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that blacklist me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in for a long time.  The aforesaid blacklisters do not return my phone calls and do not want me to know what they are doing, but many of them do read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for opposition research.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/business/media/breitbart-advertising-blacklist.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise the Weekly Standard.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/business/weekly-standard-falsehoods-stephen-hayes-mediator.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Why Trump Needs a Strong I.R.S. – DENNIS J. VENTRY Jr. (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, and the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $79,563-$90,173. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for three years at the GS-13 Step 1-3 levels, currently $94,610-$100,917.  Democrats and RINOs have always wasted my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/why-steven-mnuchin-wants-a-stronger-irs.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Can Democrats Win Back Catholics? – Thomas Groome  (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party platform is extremely anti-Catholic, but then again, it is extremely anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/opinion/to-win-again-democrats-must-stop-being-the-abortion-party.html
— G.O.P., Once Unified Against Obama, Struggles for Consensus Under Trump – JEREMY W. PETERS  (DIERSEN: Anti-conservatives want Trump to dump conservatives.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/politics/trump-health-care-conservatives-congress.html
— Trump Puts a Presidential-Size Spotlight on His Brand – ERIC LIPTON and NOAH WEILAND (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes were beyond furious when I used my positions as TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member to encourage people to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or the MTRCC resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/politics/donald-trump-brand-properties.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Trump as being Nixon.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/26/us/trump-secrets-nixon-pentagon-papers.html

POLITICO
— Natasha Korecki is on spring break which means I’ll be your Playbook reporter all week. – Mark Guarino  (DIERSEN: Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor does not take spring breaks.  He has put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.  Those emails a) have included links to almost 260,000 articles and information on many upcoming events and b) have NOT included any advertising.)
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/illinois-playbook/2017/03/angelo-travels-to-trump-dc-219428

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Conservative media struggles with new prominence under Trump.”
http://thehill.com/homenews/325728-conservative-media-struggles-with-new-prominence-in-trump-era

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearly 1 out of every 3 days he has been president, Trump has visited a Trump property – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/26/nearly-one-out-of-every-three-days-he-has-been-president-trump-has-visited-a-trump-property/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: White House Opens Door to Democrats in Wake of Health-Bill Failure  Move signals Trump administration is fed up with many factions in House Republican conference – SIOBHAN HUGHES  (DIERSEN: Which faction controls your Republican township/ward party organization?  Which faction controls your Republican county party organization?  Which faction controls the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)?  I have always been a member of the faction that wants to defend and advance the Republican Party platform, the IRP platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.  The aforesaid faction has almost never been in control of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, or the IRP.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-opens-door-to-democrats-in-wake-of-health-bill-failure-1490547877
— How to Find Ideas for ‘Second Acts’ After Retiring – GLENN RUFFENACH  (DIERSEN: If you are retired, what is your second act?  For me, since 2000, it has been serving as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  So far, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois have succeeded in stopping me from getting a paid job that would be commensurate with my education, work experience, professional certifications, and professional license.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-find-ideas-for-second-acts-after-retiring-1490582243
— The Key to Financial Discipline? It May be as Simple as Taking a Class  Study suggests students who took a basic financial-education course exhibited lower levels of impulsive behavior – SIMON CONSTABLE (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents lack “the ability to delay gratification.” Most have saved little or nothing for their retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-key-to-financial-discipline-it-may-be-as-simple-as-taking-a-class-1490582293
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It is well-known that successful investing requires patience and the ability to delay gratification. The question has long been: Can such discipline be taught? A recent study suggests it can. Researchers at Utah State University found that students who completed a basic financial-education course were more willing to wait for a bigger financial payout than those who didn’t. Put another way, those who took the class exhibited lower levels of impulsive behavior. “We see evidence that we can teach people self-control,” says William DeHart, a graduate student at Utah State University and one of the authors of the study, which appeared in PLOS ONE, a scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science, in July 2016.)
— Study Shows One Way to Extend Working Years  Research shows people who switch jobs in their 50s are more likely to be working at 65 – Lisa Ward  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes falsely hint/imply/argue/shout that I switched careers in 1980 when I transferred from IRS to GAO.  Much of what I did for IRS for almost 9 years is very similar to what I did for GAO for almost 18 years – investigating, fact gathering, interviewing, summarizing and analyzing data, making recommendations, report writing, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/study-shows-one-way-to-extend-working-years-1490582352
— Would You Rather Have $1 Million or $5,000 Monthly in Retirement?  The answer will tell you whether you suffer an ‘illusion of poverty’ or an ‘illusion of wealth’ – SHLOMO BENARTZI and HAL E. HERSHFIELD  (DIERSEN: According to Schwab, my $4,239/month Civil Service Retirement System pension is worth about $500,000.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/would-you-rather-have-1-million-or-5-000-monthly-in-retirement-1490582208
— One CEO Got Paid $46 Million in a Month, but the Rest of the Year Is a Mystery  Johnson Controls took advantage of SEC loophole in pay-disclosure regulations – THEO FRANCIS (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-ceo-got-paid-46m-in-a-month-but-the-rest-of-the-year-is-a-mystery-1490534028
— Gorsuch’s Foes Embarrass the Senate – Orrin G. Hatch  (DIERSEN: One could argue that when a mayor of a municipality in DuPage County, and especially the mayor of the county seat, publicly insults one of his constituents, that mayor embarrasses a) his municipality, b) every resident in his municipality, c) every municipality in his township, d) every resident in his township, e) every municipality in DuPage County, f) every resident in DuPage County, and g) every elected official who represents all or any part of DuPage County.  Does the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference have a Code of Ethics?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gorsuchs-foes-embarrass-the-senate-1490559162
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Decline in Homeownership Hits Economy – Laura Kusisto  (DIERSEN: Do you promote homeownership? I always have. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old.  I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in downtown Chicago in 1974.  I bought a one bedroom condo in the ODE building in 1976.  My wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978.  My wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sluggish-housing-recovery-took-300-billion-toll-on-u-s-economy-data-show-1490526643

USA TODAY
— Chicago nabs dozens in ‘Traveling Vice Lords’ gang linked to coke, meth and heroin – Aamer Madhani
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/24/chicago-nabs-dozens-traveling-vice-lords-gang-linked-coke-meth-and-heroin/99596012/
— As Sears falters, shadow darkens over American malls – Aamer Madhani  (DIERSEN: River Oaks Center in Calumet City is featured.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/03/22/sears-falters-shadow-over-american-malls-grows-darker/99511876/
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR GRAPHIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/03/22/faces-of-deportations-under-president-trump/99455428/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Medical marijuana bill in South Carolina bolstered by conservatives – AP  (DIERSEN: To push pot is to be anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, and anti-American.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/03/26/medical-marijuana-bill-south-carolina-bolstered-conservatives/ERZMxis4ForVAK0C4C0HWO/story.html

ATLANTIC JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— Trump now blames conservative Republicans for healthcare failure – Shelby Lin Erdman  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame conservatives like me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://www.ajc.com/news/trump-now-blames-conservative-republicans-for-healthcare-failure/RwdHVNLPaL6sxvMmOPbd7M/

BEND BULLETIN
— Members of Congress have extra benefit on health insurance – Mary Love
http://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/5175567-151/letter-members-of-congress-have-extra-benefit-on

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump’s AHCA Blame Game Shifts to GOP Targets – Chas Danner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who blame conservatives like me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems.  They talk and act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/trumps-ahca-blame-game-shifts-to-gop-targets.html

THE ATLANTIC
— The Legislators Working to Thwart the Will of Voters – DAVID A. GRAHAM  (DIERSEN: According to Democrats and RINOs, the “will of voters” is to get rid of those individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/state-legislatures-overturn-ballot-initiatives/519591/