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    Illinois State Official: "We Are In Massive Crisis Mode, This Is Not A False Alarm"
    As reported previously, the state Transportation Department said it would stop roadwork by July 1 if Illinois entered its third consecutive fiscal year without a budget - the longest such stretch of any US state - while the Powerball lottery said it may be forced to dump Illinois over its lack of budget. For now, state workers have continued to receive pay because of court orders, but school districts, colleges and medical and social service providers are under increasing strain.

    And yet, despite the sharp selloff in Illinois GO bonds which some had expected could force the two sides to reach a bargin, neither the Democrat-led legislature, nor Republicans governor Bruce Rauner appear closer to a consensus. Which probably explains today's Associated Press "shock piece" exposing just how serious the situation could become in under two weeks absent a resolution. It focuses on state Comptroller Susana Mendoza - who has had the unenviable job of essentially sitting at the kitchen table trying to figure out how to pay the bills - who is warning that the previously discussed new court orders in lawsuits filed by state suppliers that are owed money mean her office is required to pay out more than Illinois receives in revenue each month. That means there would be no money left for so-called “discretionary” spending - a category that in Illinois includes school buses, domestic violence shelters and some ambulance services.

    “I don’t know what part of ‘We are in massive crisis mode’ the General Assembly and the governor don’t understand. This is not a false alarm,” said Mendoza, a Chicago Democrat.

    “The magic tricks run out after a while, and that’s where we’re at.”
    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-0...ot-false-alarm


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    Well darn I guess you can't have unlimited public spending to support all of your favorite social programs forever.

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    Easy fix, make Chicago its own city state, the rest of the state will flourish, and according to many Chicago people, Chicago doesn't need the rest of the state, so it's a win win for everyone.
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    Hopefully the US taxpayer won't have to bail them out. This is a classic example of why public sector unions should not support unsustainable government spending.

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    Dammit. Doesn't everyone know that socialist states aren't supposed to tank?
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    That whole state is corrupt. Just imagine all the tolls on the States highways and even in the city of Chicago itself... Where is all that money going? There's gotta be thousands of tolling places and it ain't cheap. It's gotta be one of the biggest hubs of traffic in the US.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jet3534 View Post
    Hopefully the US taxpayer won't have to bail them out. This is a classic example of why public sector unions should not support unsustainable government spending.
    Public sector unions shouldn't exist. It should be unlawful to form one. No one is there to truly counter them. Private is fine, You have the employer as a counter weight.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1 Patriot-of-many View Post
    Public sector unions shouldn't exist. It should be unlawful to form one. No one is there to truly counter them. Private is fine, You have the employer as a counter weight.
    I have never understood the liberal push for private sector unions. They want the state to supply all our needs because the state is the only entity responsible and trustworthy enough to handle this task fairly, but they don't trust government to pay those who work in government fairly. They talk out both sides of their mouths on this.
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