Portside

'This is a grotesque taking of employees’ retirement security that seems both patently illegal and unfair. It’s a sharp jab in the eye - and the heart - of public employees. There’s a lot of anger out there.'

Daniel J. Montgomery, president

of the Illinois Federation of

Teachers, commenting on a plan

before the Illinois state

legislature plan to cut

cost-of-living increases for

retirees, raises the age of

retirement for some employees

and set a cap on pensions for

those with the highest salaries